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What does Zakat pay for?

It is payed for the poor and needy people to provide food, shelter, education, medical treatment, payment of loans, salary for the workers on collecting and distributing zakat… (MORE)

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What is zakat system?

All Muslims who have cash or kind in excess of a specified amount of Gold, Silver, trading goods etc which they have possessed for a year have to pay a 2.5 percent of the valu… (MORE)

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What is the importance of zakat in the light of quran?

Zakat is the third pillar of Islam, an obligation on every Muslim who meets the conditions, and must pay it to the beneficiaries, and may The word Zakat in the Quran with a pr… (MORE)

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What is Zakat?

Allah ta'ala has given us wealth for our livelihood. All men do not possess equal wealth. Some have less and some have more. Allah ta'la has determined the share of the poor i…n the wealth of the rich. The system of Zakat has been set up with a view to helping the poor. Zakat literally means purity, clarity and rectification. In the terminology of Shariat, a fixed part of the wealth of a Muslim is to be given at the end of every year to the sectors determined by Allah. If Zakat is paid, wealth becomes purified. Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam. Payment of Zakat is faraz. In respect of importance Zakat is next to Salat. About Zakat it is said in the Holy Quran : "Establish Salat and pay zakat" (sura An Noor -5). The prophet (Sm) says about this : "Those for whom Zakat is Farz, will be severely punished by Allah in the life hereafter if they do not pay it." In fact, no Muslim can remain a real Muslim unless he/she pays Zakat. Almighty says: "Destruction of the Mushriks is inevitable, because they do not pay Zakat. So, not to pay Zakat is the act of the Mushriks." Zakat is one of the pillars of economy established by Allah. To deny Zakat is like denying Allah and Allah's Prophet (Sm). According to Islamic law, the persons who is able to pay Zakat, must pay it. Hazrat Abu Bakar Siddiq (R), the first Caliph of Islam, fought against the persons who denied Zakat in the same way as he fought against Kafirs. He considered the man who denies to pay Zakat as Murtab (one deviated from Islam). The main aim of paying Zakat is to change the condition of the so that they can gain financial solvency and have on want. A lot of poor people can be provide work by collecttng Zakat in our country. If we can provide with the work to the unemployed poor people by developing small cottage industries, one day there will be no needy people in the country. As a result, peace and other will come back in the country, if Zakat is paid regularly, there will be no distinction between the rich and the poor. So the rich must pay there Zakat duly. charity or give to the poor zakat is a tax of 2.5 percent of savings each year Charity, donation, helping the poor and needy (MORE)

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How is zakat given?

Zakah is obligatory on Muslims who owns wealth equivalent or more the nisab level. It is 85g pure gold or 595g pure silver or money equivalent to gold/silver. Rate of zakah is… (MORE)

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The importance of zakat?

Zakat is part of financial system of Islam and prevent accumulation of wealth in hand of a group of people in society and distributes wealth in poor people.

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What is the difference between zakat and usher?

ushr is collected on compulsory basis at a rate of 5 percent of the produce from every land owner, grantee, allottee, lessee, lease-holder or land-holder (except the one e… (MORE)

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How often do you zakat?

Answer . There are two types of zakat:. Zakat al-Fitr is distributed at the end of Ramadan. The amount is based on the number of dependents in the household. The purpose o… (MORE)

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What is the Differences between tax and zakat?

following is the difference between Tax and Zakat 1. A tax is levied on all the citizens of the state while Zakat is levied only on the Muslim members of the soci… (MORE)

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How is zakat paid?

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 o… (MORE)