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ZAKAH(ZAKAT)

Zakat is one of five pillars of islam ,its aim to meet the social needs of the muslim societyand to improve the economic position in islam

The word zakah means purification ,blessin and increasin !it is a kind of protection of thewealth of those who are rich!when a muslim pays his zakat he is protectin his money fromune"pected disaster, for the prophet said, #protect your prophet by ivin zakat and help yourrelatives to recover from their illness by ivin charity$!

Zakat is an obli atory payment, like a ta", and the %n lish translation is #poor dues$ &tcould be called a divine ta", for it has been prescribed by od in the holy 'ur an and in thesayin s of the prophet!the holy 'ur an says in many places, keep up re ular prayer and ivezakat,$and one of the sayin s of the prophet when uaz was sent to yemen was,$ you will Zakatand that uhammad is *od s essen er ! &f they obey that , tell them that od has made itobli atory for them to pray five times every twenty four hours! &f they obey that, tell them that*od has made it obli atory for them for sada+a to be taken from the rich and handed over to the

poor! &f they obey that, do not take the best part of their property , and have re ard to the claim of him who is wron ed, for there is no veil it and *od

There are many kinds of zakat zakat al-fur which &s an obli atory payment by a uslimslave or freeman, male or female, youn and old, and it should be made before .id prayer! &t isusually iven from the food of the ma/ority rice, or rain! The cost of this could be iven insteadand it is preferable , in a country like &ndonesia, for it to be done by ivin money ! 0owadays,one must pay 1p! 2!344!44 for each member of the family , includin the servant (if there is aservant) and one s parents, if one is responsible for them! &bn .Abbas said that *od s messen er

prescribed the zakat relatin to the breakin of the fast as a purification from empty and obscenewords and as food for the poor!

other kinds of Zakat are zakat al-mal, meanin money zakat, either old or silver, zakatal-ti/ara meanin trade zakat, zakat al-an am meanin cattle zakat, involvin camels, cows orsheep, zakat al-zuru wa al-thammar, meanin cereals and fruit! These last two are of one kind!5or zakat to be compulsory there must be to condition firstly, that it much reach the nisab and,secondly, that it must have been owned by the prayer for one complete year (haul)!

&slam has prescribed zakat for all kinds of property for the benefit of needy people! &t isnot always paid in money but, in some cases, in cattle, cereals and fruit as in Africa and similarcountries! 6ut in more developed countries! Trade and business are the most common ways of

playin zakat and money is used for this purpose! The aim of collectin zakat is to servemembers of society and to meet their needs an help them of overcome the difficulties they arefacin ! 7ome people are in difficulty because they haven t the ability to work, some because theymeet with disaster of some kind and some because they are old and need help! Zakat in islam isthe source of security from any hardship for all members of society! Those who have the ri ht toreceive money from zakat are mentioned in the holy 'ur an!

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&n case there is nobody who is need of zakat! &t will be collected and the head of thecommunity will spend it for the benefit of the whole, usin it for e"ample, for the buildin ofschool, hospital, mos+ues or other similar thin s!

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