Helping those who are in need is an Islamic duty

<span style="font-size: 14px">To help the people who are in the grip of difficulties is our Islamic duty. Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta&rsquo;ala) says: <br /> <br /> Help ye one another in righteousness and piety, but help ye not one another in sin and rancour: fear Allah: for Allah is strict in punishment. Surah Maidah (5:2) <br /> <br /> In the recent floods, innumerable families have been made homeless, many women have been turned into widows, children have been made orphans. To help such needy people is our Islamic and human duty and will bring us eternal blessings. <br /> <br /> There is a Hadith in Sahih Muslim: <br /> <br /> Translation of Hadith: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be well pleased with him), he said that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Whoever removes one small difficulty of this world from a Momin (believer), Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta&rsquo;ala) will remove a great difficulty of that person on the Day of Judgment and whoever creates some convenience for a needy person, Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta&rsquo;ala) will create ease for that person in this world and the next.<br /> <br /> (Sahih Muslim, Hadith No. 38). </span>