The role of zakat in addressing the problem of begging: an economic jurisprudential study

This research is summed up in identifying begging, its causes, types and effects, and the role of zakat in combating and alleviating it. It also aimed to study the role of zakat in distributing wealth, achieving social solidarity, and the important role it can play in reducing the problem of begging resulting from poverty. Negative phenomena that are dangerous to the individual, family, society, homeland, and nation have spread throughout Arab and Islamic societies, threatening them with instability, chaos, and abandonment, with differences in the extent of their spread and severity from one society to another. One of the most important of these phenomena is the phenomenon of begging, which appears and spreads in public places such as streets, passenger and train stations, mosque doors, banks, clinics, etc. House doors in a variety of ways. The authentic outlook of Islam instils and implants in the hearts of Muslims a hatred of begging, and this educates them to have high resolve, self-esteem, elevation of worldly matters, and submission to creation. This field includes models from most individuals and groups of society, as well as from all age groups. Among them are children, youth, women, and the elderly. They spread and are displaced everywhere in tragic circumstances in order to obtain money, ensure a livelihood, and continue life.

key words: Zakat ..treatment ..begging