Giving Zakat distributes wealth among all the citizens of society. In true spirit it is given to poor people for their living and for them to start some sort of activity through which they can earn their living. In essence it helps bring equality in the society which helps in lesser number of crimes. During the era of Hazrat Umer (R.A), Zakat was properly distributed and a time came that there was no one to accept zakat.
No zakat on christians but only Muslims.
If mosques are not available for Muslims with the convenient capacity, Muslims will not be affected as they still can pray even in open air around the mosques or in other open air spaces. However if food or medicine is not available for Muslims, Muslims will sure be strongly and negatively affected. What priorites do you think to pay zakat? Is it to pay zakat for one who is in urgent need for daily food, for medicine, or for making medical operation or to pay zakat for building a mosque or purchasing carpets for this mosque.
Zakat can only be given to non Muslims if its intent is to help them become Muslims.
Zakat. This means 'charity' or 'giving'. Every year, Muslims give 2.5% of their income to charity, and because Zakat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, it implies quite a lot to Muslims.
Zakat (زكاة) is very similar to a Christian tithe; it is a percentage income tax that is paid to the mosque for redistribution to poorer Muslims, to maintain the mosque, and to promote Islamic activities. Sunnis typically pay zakat at the 2.5% rate whereas Shiites typically pay zakat at the 10% rate.As for why Muslims pay zakat, they do so because they see giving back to their community as being the will of God and a good deed in its own right.
to make their wealth pure
Yes, of course it can.
I m paying zakat almost from fifteen years
The zakat system is for Muslims who have cash or a specified amount of gold, silver, or trading goods that they have possessed for a year and have to pay 2.5 percent of it to the poor. The Zakat and Ushr system was enforced in 1980.
on Muslims it is an obligation to pay zakat ...in other words it purifies our money ...and in this way Muslims also help those who r poor and don't have enough earning to live on ...
Zakat pays for shelter , food and clothing for the people who aren't that wealthy.
because all Muslims are not faithful and paying zakat is hard for them. actually they love money more than God.