Title: Charity (practice) - Wikipedia
Headings: Charity (practice)
Charity (practice)
Contents
Etymology
Practice
Criticism
Needs-Based Versus Rights-Based Debate
Philosophies
Charity in Christianity
Tzedakah in Judaism
Zakat and Sadaqah in Islam
Dāna in Indian religions
Effective altruism
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Content: The people who cannot support themselves and lack outside means of support sometimes become " beggars ", directly soliciting aid from strangers encountered in public. Some groups regard charity as being distributed towards other members from within their particular group. Although giving to those nearly connected to oneself is sometimes called charity—as in the saying "Charity begins at home"—normally charity denotes giving to those not related, with filial piety and like terms for supporting one's family and friends. Indeed, treating those related to the giver as if they were strangers in need of charity has led to the figure of speech "as cold as charity"—providing for one's relatives as if they were strangers, without affection. Most forms of charity are concerned with providing basic necessities such as food, water, clothing, healthcare and shelter, but other actions may be performed as charity: visiting the imprisoned or the homebound, ransoming captives, educating orphans, even social movements. Donations to causes that benefit the unfortunate indirectly, such as donations to fund cancer research, are also charity. With regards to religious aspects, the recipient of charity may offer to pray for the benefactor. In medieval Europe, it was customary to feast the poor at the funeral in return for their prayers for the deceased. Institutions may commemorate benefactors by displaying their names, up to naming buildings or even the institution itself after the benefactors.