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Why Do Ismailis Give Dasond, and is Dasond/Zakat the Same as Charity?

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A community-run Ismaili explainer article on dasond, quoting dated farmans of Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah (Aga Khan III) that state worship is not accepted, and earnings not permissible, without giving it.

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Tier 2: a community-run Ismaili explainer site, read in full at its hosted address, quoting named and dated farmans of Imam Sultan Muhammad Shah (Aga Khan III): "Without giving dasond, one's worship ('ibadat) is not accepted" (KIM, No. 2, Bombay, 8 September 1885) and "One's earnings and food are only permissible (halal) after giving dasond" (KIM, No. 24, Amdavad, 2 December 1896). The quotes are attributed and dated but the site provides no independent link to the primary farman collection, so it corroborates rather than independently establishes the doctrinal-consequence language.
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