Zakah means growth, a concept that denotes great blessings. To understand why there are blessings behind alms giving, one has to understand that it is a form of purification. The Quran reads: Truly he succeeds that purifies it. ( 91: 7) Because Islam involves using the wide lens when talking about enjoining good and forbidding evil, all Muslims Zakat is basically the compulsory giving of a pre-set proportion of one’s wealth to the needy people of society as charity. All eligible individuals are required to pay an annual percentage of 2.5% of the wealth and property they own as Zakat. Zakat is not a voluntary charity not a tax but an obligation. Some scholars say that one should give zakat within a year without hurrying up, but it is wajib to be in a hurry to give it immediately. It is makruh to delay it without an excuse. In the madhhabs of Shafi’i and Maliki, it is fard to give zakat immediately when it becomes fard on a person. A hadith-i sharif says, “Hurry to give zakat As with the above ruling, a minority of scholars [Hanbali School] opine that the Ahl al-Bayt may receive each other’s zakat. The majority, however, disagree with this opinion, and Allah knows best. [Mardawi, Al-Insaf] The late contemporary Shafiʿi Mufti, Muhammad Taha Karaan (May Allah have mercy on him), opined that even though the above Zakat paid to mosques and Muis are collected and disbursed to all 8 asnaf in accordance with Syariah law. The proportions are aggregated, with the most going to asnaf Fakir and Miskin (poor and needy). We have a breakdown of their disbursement in 2020 here: A huge portion of Zakat goes to our poor and needy here in Singapore, like Cik Rahimah Yeon. Vay Tiền Nhanh Chỉ Cần Cmnd.

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