The AMOUNT is fixed at one-fortieth (i.e., 2.5%) of all one owns, each year. The USES vary. While the general understanding is that's it's charity to support the poor, some of the applications the government puts it to (remember, Islam has no notion of the church-state separation so popular in the West) are very far from what we would consider charity. For example it can be used to buy weapons or to bribe officials.
Do you mean what form Zakat can be given in? Zakat basically means giving. You can give it in the form of money, clothes, even food. Most Muslims prefer to do it in the form of money, because every year, a Muslim is supposed to give 2.5% of their income to charity, so if every Muslim in the world does this, we can help 3rd world countries, and improve the state of our world.
Zakat can be collected in something similar to a tax, but Muslims from a non-Islam country usually either give their Zakat to developing countries or send it to the government of an Islam country
no a wife cant give zakat or money of zakat to her husband under the masarif of zakat.
there are two type of Zakat: obligatory Zakat and Mustahab (recommended Zakat). Recommended Zakat is same as non obligatory donations. Syed can receive non obligatory Zakat from all. but obligatory only from Syed.
It is Zakat in Arabic as well. :)
No we can not pay zakat in instalment.
Yes we can pay zakat on our assets.
What is zakat even that needs to be answered first
No zakat on christians but only Muslims.
The Zakat Foundation was created in 2001.
zakat is not compulsory on poor people.... but if you are rich and you dont pay zakat out of arrogance than its a sin
The meaning of zakat is, buying the love of God. If you pay zakat you will get it seven times more than you paid.
zakat is 2.5 %
Zakat, or charity is the fourth pillar of Islam.