The New World Order of Islam — Page 111
New World Order 111 of the poor, but there will be no feeling of injustice on the one side or hostility on the other. These will be replaced by benevolence and goodwill. This is the method adopted by Islam. It imposes taxes for this purpose by way of Zakat and ‘Ushar, and then supplements them by the injunction: ۚ◌ۛ # T - ۚ◌ۖ◌ۛ : H> t ( 0 $= ?:5 - , )G ?]4 - X } ~ , -. A "And spend for the cause of Allah, and cast not yourselves into ruin with your own hands, and do good; surely, Allah loves those who do good. " (2:196) That is to say, in addition to compulsory taxes you must make voluntary contribution towards the relief of the poor, and must not by failing in this duty provide for your destruction. This means that those, who have a surplus of wealth, will suffer no real loss by contributing towards the relief of the poor, but that if they do not do so, they will in the end themselves be destroyed. This verse clearly tells of the fate of the French and Russian aristocrats. Failure by the rich voluntarily to discharge this obligation is bound in the end to entail their own destruction. The common people would rise and destroy everything in their blind rage. In the language of Sh a hpur district they would "say the final prayers" over the wealth of the rich. Our Khalifatul Masih I, the First, used to explain