Give credit to some of the needy, for faith (5)
I believe the answer is:
creed
'faith' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'give credit to some of the needy' is the wordplay.
'give' says to put letters next to each other.
'to some of' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'some' mean this).
'the needy' becomes 'reed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
The initial letter of 'credit' is 'c'.
'c' next to 'reed' is 'CREED'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for creed that I've seen before include "teleprinter" , "System of belief, faith" , "Articles of faith" , "System of religious principles" , "System of religious belief" .)