Societal obligations allow no Muslim to remain a passive spectator in the community. There is always work to be done, whether it pertains to urgent needs or more general requirements. Those who are not able or qualified to perform societal obligations must give material and moral support to those who are performing them. Muslims who are qualified to fulfill societal obligations must take part in them to the extent they are able, but as before, the communal responsibility for failing to meet societal obligations falls upon both the qualified and the unqualified alike.
-See "Societal Obligation" in Dr. Umar F. Abd-Allah's important article "Living Islam With Purpose," p. 15
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