Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven… That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
—Matthew 6:1-4
The next ayah addressing Muslims through the kindly address Yaaa Ayyuhal Lazeena Aamanu is also related to spending in the way of Allah but with a similitude that makes a thinking Muslim sit up and take stock of his/her charitable deeds. This is Ayah No. 264 of Surah al Baqarah.
Islam doesn’t approve the slogan ‘Ends justify the means’!
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