ZAKAT—DONATION, ALMS—NEVER DEVELOPED ANYWHERE

Masses of hungry masses
massed at the foot
of the Massa at dinnertime.

Begging, clutching, and groping
for crumbs from
the Massa’s table.

The masses are fed,
fed one meal and
return daily for handouts.

Yes, it is holiday time,
time to display affluence
and mesmerize the masses.

The big man arrives
from the big city
with several bags of rice.

A few cups of rice
once a year is not
a remedy for year-long hunger.

Why not teach
the masses how to
farm rice and vanquish hunger?

Zakat is not a
development tool but
empowerment is a development tool.

Worse still ZAKAT is
your stolen money,
money being returned in smidgens.