Surf these sites: Benefits of Giving Zakaat -- There are many benefits mentioned in the Ahaadeeth for the one who gives his Zakaat. FREE Islamic information, and Zakat calculations -- Multi-lingual FREE islamic services. You may calculate your zakat, even in many sources, gold, silver, money and others. H.O.M.S. - Housing Outreach for Muslim Sisters -- A temporary shelter for homeless Muslim women and their children in a safe Islamic environment. Islam and Charity -- After Imaan, Salaat is the most important act of worship which has to be performed bodily and Zakaat is the main act of worship which is to be performed monetarily. Salaat and Zakaat has been mentioned together many times in the Qur''aan: " . . and establish regular Salaat and give regular Zakaat". Masaa''il (Laws & Rules) pertaining to Zakaat -- Zakaat is essential and compulsory for one who possesses 612 grams of silver or about 88 grams of gold and one year has Passed over it and remains with him unused or consumed. If the quantity is less than this, then Zakaat will not be compulsory. Sadqa-e-Fitr -- Any Muslim who has so much that Zakaat is due on him or on whom Zakaat is not essential but has goods more then his need on whose value Zakaat could be due, whether the property is for trade or not and whether a year has passed on it or not, it is essential for him to give Sadqah on Eid day and this charity is called Sadqa-e-Fitr. Who Is Entitled To Receive Zakaat? -- One who does not possess so much of wealth or has very little even to be sufficient for one day, he is called a poor. Paying to and receiving by such persons of Zakaatt money is in order and permissible. Withholdin Zakaat - Consequences in the Hereafter -- And those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of Allah, give them tidings of a painful punishment. On that day it (i.e. the wealth) will be heated in the fire of Jahannam, then their foreheads and their flanks and their backs will be branded therewith and (it will be said to them): Here is (the treasure) which you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste that which you had been hoarding." (9:34-35) Withholding Zakaat - Consequences in this world -- Rasoolullah Sallallahu alayhi wasallam has warned us fourteen hundred years ago, against all those evil practices which bring calamities and afflictions in this world. Zakaat - Charity -- Zakaat is one of the five fundamentals of Islaam. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam said: Islaam is founded on Five Pillars: bearing witness that there is no God but Allah, and Muhammad Sallallahu alayhi wasallam is His servant and apostle; establishment of Salaat; paying of Zakaat; performance of Hajj; and fasting in Ramadhaan. Zakaat On Produce Of Land -- If anyone inherits such Ushree land from his ancestors or purchases it from a Muslim who held it as ‘Ushree, then Zakaat is essential on whatever is produced in the land.
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