Beggars earn RM300 a day during Ramadan
Berita Minggu reported that foreign beggars could collect up to RM300 a day at Ramadan bazaars especially those in posh residential areas.
Armed with only a cardboard to sit on and a small container, these beggars apparently had conducted their own survey and knew which bazaars were “lucrative” for them.
The Taman Tun Dr Ismail’s Ramadan bazaar was among the popular spots for foreign beggars to put on sad faces and extend their arms with the containers firmly in their hands seeking donations.
Most of the beggars, whose nationality is unknown, could not speak Malay or English.
The paper said its three-hour survey revealed that every five people who walked past a beggar would donate some cash.
An excerpt adapted from The Star Online, 23 August 2010
Berita Minggu reported that foreign beggars could collect up to RM300 a day at Ramadan bazaars especially those in posh residential areas.
Armed with only a cardboard to sit on and a small container, these beggars apparently had conducted their own survey and knew which bazaars were “lucrative” for them.
The Taman Tun Dr Ismail’s Ramadan bazaar was among the popular spots for foreign beggars to put on sad faces and extend their arms with the containers firmly in their hands seeking donations.
Most of the beggars, whose nationality is unknown, could not speak Malay or English.
The paper said its three-hour survey revealed that every five people who walked past a beggar would donate some cash.
An excerpt adapted from The Star Online, 23 August 2010
Ramadhan is one of the month that have been waited by all the muslims all around the world. This month is a month that is full of barakah and blessings by Allah S.W.T. On Ramadhan all muslims races to do ibadah and muamalah. This issue about beggars is not a whole new issue. It happens since years back [couldn't really remember the exact year ;) ]. The beggars take an advantage of this blissful month to get extra income..[what RM300 A DAY?? even most of the people who work for 8hours/day didn't get that much~!!!] Well, we can't fully blame the beggars alone but it is the people who donate the money to them should be given awareness to. Yes, we muslims are encourage to do sadaqah. It is one of the most easy ibadah to do, where you just need to donate something or just anything that is beneficial to the needy and we MUST DO IT SINCERELY with no other intention associated to the act. However we must observe the rules of sadaqah, for instance on who is qualified to receive our sadaqah?, what is the condition that allows a person to seek sadaqah?, what type of sadaqah that is more encourage? and many more. The type of sadaqah that is more encourage in islam is giving food or basic needs. If we just give the beggars money, we will not know what will they do with the money right? If they use the money that we gave for good things then it's ok...but when they use our money to something bad and then how are we going to be sure that our sadaqah will get barakah or not?? well just another question to ponder. . . Wake up all my muslims brothers and sisters..
Haih~~! (=_=)
4 comments:
huhu..setiap kali saya nampak pengemis ni memang tak leh nak elak dari rasa kesian kat diorang. bagi saya sedekah yg dihulurkan tu memang dah rezeki diorang..it's not like i agree on what they're doing.shouldn't there be a better channel to give sedekah to the poor?
entahlah..but honestly for me, bila nampak pengemis terutamanya time bulan ramadhan ni, rasa tpanggil nk bagi..
(thanks for your comment on my blog)
hye...talk about sadaqah, well mmg common sense setiap kali nmpk org2 yg duk pgku anak tepi jln, kurg upaya, warga emas menadah tgn di tepi2 kaki lima..mcm di jejantas dr stesen bank negara ke sogo...
dulu heboh yg kunun2 dorg ni ade certain2 sindiket yg uruskan..tp nk wt cne...mmg cr dorg tu b'kesan utk wt org rse kesian n msti bg duit kt dorg...
(dh komen dh..he3..follow me tou)
same la i pun kesian tengok mereka...mmg pandai pancing perasaan simpati la..
tapi kan ape yg disarankan mengikut islam sebenarnya?? pasal sedekah ni??
-pembaca setia-
satu hari nnt akn tertubuh persatuan pengemis semalaysia....
pstu kerjaya mengemis akn jd rebutan...hehehhee
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