

Zakaah is Fardh on the income properties, if it is equal to the value of Nisaab.Ĩ. Zakaah is Fardh on merchandise for business, equal to the value of Nisaab.ħ. Zakaah is Fardh on the cash, equal to the value of nisaab of silver.ģ. ♣ What are the types of wealth on which zakat is fard?Ģ. The wealth should be possessed by her for a complete lunar year except grains and fruits. The wealth should reach the nisab (certain amount of wealth)Ĩ. She owns wealth intended for trading to the value of Nisaabħ. "The person whom Allah has bestowed with wealth, who does not give Zakaah, on the Day of Qiyaamah, his wealth will be turned into a venomous bald serpent which will wind around his neck and bite his jaws and say: "I am your wealth, I am your treasure”.ĥ. necessities of life will become scarce)".Ģ.

"The nation that does not give Zakaah, Allah will bring about a drought on them (i.e. This is the treasure which you hoarded for yourselves, taste then the treasure that you had been hoarding”.ġ. “And there are those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of Allah, announce to them a most grievous penalty (when) on the Day of Qiyaamah heat will be produced out of that wealth in the fire of Jahannam, then with it they will be branded on their foreheads and their flanks and backs. ♣ What are the punishments for those who not pay Zakah? It will serve as a shield from the fires of Jahannam The Zakaah will provide a shelter on the Day of Judgementĩ. Protection from the wrath of Allah and from a bad deathħ. A cause is established for Allah's forgiveness and blessings are obtainedĦ. ♣ What are the benefits for giving Zakat?Ĥ. If she accepts Zakat being fard but neglects this duty, then she will be termed as a Faasiq (Transgressor) Zakaat is one of the Islamic duties and if anyone denies it or refuses to pay it or says that no needs to pay every year, then she will be considered as non-believer (Kaafir). ♣ What is the Islamic verdict for those who deny or refuse to pay Zakaah?

In Hijri 2, Zakat became compulsory in Islam. ♣ In which year did Zakah become compulsory in Islam? Zakat helps to demolish the poverty from Muslim society and helps to develop the society.Zakaah does not only purify the property of the contributor, it also purifies his/her heart from selfishness and greed for wealth.Our possessions purified by paying Zakat. The direct meaning of the word Zakah is 'purification'.It is a contribution paid once a year on savings of two and a half percent. Zakah is the obligatory charity should be paid by every adult and able bodied Muslim every year on his or hers wealth. Zakat is third of the five pillars of Islam.
