In giving thy alms, inquire not so much into the person as his necessity. God looks not so much upon the merits of him that requires, as into the manner of him that relieves: if the man deserves not, thou hast given it in humanity.
Give based on the need of the receiver, not their worthiness, since God judges the giver's heart.
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