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Zakat
Zakat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. It is the practice of one giving 2.5% of their material possessions and wealth to charity. This is traditionally to assist the needy.
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What are the effects of paying zakat in an individual aspect?
Zakat purifies the wealth. It helps the poor to stand on their feet and start some business. It helps eradicate poverty in society. It discourages accumulation of wealth.
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What kinds of things does zakat pay for?
Zakat pays for shelter , food and clothing for the people who aren't that wealthy.
When was zakat made compulsory?
After adoption of Islam by Hazrat Muhammad (SM).
Zakah (zakaat) is one of the basic pillars of Islam. Imaan, Namaz. Roja, Hazz, Zakaat
Zakat is the Fourth Pillar of Islam. It is also a duty of a Muslim sister or brother.
When you donate your Zakat, it will hopefully be distributed to the less fortunate or the poor. It includes: young childern, adults, elderly people, disabled, etc.
May Allah (SWT) give blessings to those who give Zakat and help those in need. Ameen.
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When did Prophet Muhammad made zakat compulsory?
I think in the month of ramdan Prophet Muhammad made zakat compulsory.
How does understanding zakat help you understand Islam as a religion?
One of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong to God, and that wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust.
The word Zakat means both 'purification' and 'growth'. Our possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion for those in need, and, like the pruning of plants, this cutting back balances and encourages new growth.
Zakat is the amount of money that every adult, mentally stable, free, and financially able Muslim, male and female, has to pay to support specific categories people.
This category of people is defined in surah at-Taubah (9) verse 60: "The alms are only for the poor and the needy, and those who collect them, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to free the captives and the debtors, and for the cause of Allah, and (for) the wayfarers; a duty imposed by Allah. Allah is knower, Wise." (The Holy Qur'an 9:60).
The obligatory nature of Zakat is firmly established in the Qur'an, the Sunnah (or hadith), and the consensus of the companions and the Muslim scholars. Allah states in Surah at-Taubah verses 34-35: "O ye who believe! there are indeed many among the priests and anchorites, who in Falsehood devour the substance of men and hinder (them) from the way of Allah. And there are those who bury gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah. announce unto them a most grievous penalty - On the Day when heat will be produced out of that (wealth) in the fire of Hell, and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, their flanks, and their backs.- "This is the (treasure) which ye buried for yourselves: taste ye, then, the (treasures) ye buried!" (The Holy Qur'an 9:34-35).
It is agreed between Muslims in all the centuries the obligatory nature of paying Zakat for gold and silver, and from those the other kinds of currency.
Zakat is obligatory when a certain amount of money, called the nisab is reached or exceeded. Zakat is not obligatory if the amount owned is less than this nisab. The nisab (or minimum amount) of gold and golden currency is 20 mithqal, this is approximately 85 grams of pure gold. One mithqal is approximately 4.25 grams. The nisab of silver and silver currency is 200 dirhams, which is approximately 595 grams of pure silver. The nisab of other kinds of money and currency is to be scaled to that of gold, 85 grams of pure gold. This means that the nisab of money is the price of 85 grams of 999-type (pure) gold, on the day in which Zakat is paid. (Current Gold Prices)
Why do Muslims 2.5 percent of their wage to the poor?
By giving a certain amount of money to the poor, the rich and poor are more balanced
You pay:
- 'Zakat Alfitr' any time in Ramadan or after Ramadan but before the feast praying 'salat al eid' or before sunrise of the first day after end of the month of Ramadan.
- 'Zakat al Mal' on the money that you have above certain minimum (value of 83 grams of Gold) that remain for one Hijra Islamic year and you pay on completion of this year. To make life easier in the calculation and payment of Zakat Al Mal, it is recommended to fix a certain Hijra month, as Ramadan for example, and on this month you calculate or your savings as of this month. Then you estimate the due Zakat amount as at least 2.5 % of this saving and then you pay them through this month.
