Why is zakah important to muslims?

Answer 1

Zakat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam- which means it is VERY important. It is compulsory and The Almighty Allah will be impressed, depending on how often you give Zakat. It's extremely significant because of this reason and Muslims are required to give 2.5% of their income every year to charity or poor.

Answer 2

Zakat or Zakah (which is a kind of ritual charity) is an important pillar of Islam for the following:

• It purifies the heart of the contributor from selfishness and the greed of wealth.
• It purifies the heart of the recipient from envy, jealousy, and hatred.
• It purifies the property of the contributor and cleanses it from the shares that must distributed among the due beneficiaries.
• It purifies the society from ill feelings, corruption, and disintegration.
  
• It reduces the sufferings of the needy and poor members of the society
• It shows the general philosophy of Islam which adopts a moderate course between capitalism and socialism and between materialism and spirituality.
• It is a demonstration that Islam is not just ritual worships but has an equally important other social part that to do good deeds for the benefit of the society.

• It maintains the economic balance through movement of money from person to another, thus minimizing the unemployment via investing the money of Zakah in different projects.

Answer 3

Zakat cleanse the souls of the human from stinginess and miserliness and greed, and sympathy for the poor and the poor and needy, and cleansing of money and development and the establishment of the pond

The definition of Zakat:

Zakat in Arabic is derived from Zacchaeus, which means growth and purity and blessing

And is a right that must be in the money of a quorum, for the eight categories set forth in the Book of Allaah

And is the worship of money imposed by God upon His slaves, to purify their souls from miserliness, and sheets hardworking sins

The rule of Zakat: It is an obligation due the Qur'aan and Sunnah and the consensus, fighting Manaha, and expiate Jahdha.

Imposed in the second year of Immigration

Answer 4

From a theological position, the Qur'an argues that the payment of Zakat is necessary, so it is necessary. From a social perspective, the Zakat was an early form of welfare that allowed Muslim communities to economically viable and close communities.

Answer 5

Paying Zakat is one of the Five pillars of Islam. No Muslim can deny its being obligatory. Therefore, it extremely necessary that Zakat must be paid.