Comments on: Fiqh of Zakat

By: Kuha

Kuha — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:07:57 +0000

Bro Amal Douglas zakat is and fore christian jesus isa a.s say i m obligatet to pray and give zakat

By: Nasser

Nasser — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:58:38 +0000

ASSALAMOALAIKUM,

Bismel’Lah’Rahman’Rahim.

The Zakat is paid after you have paid the taxes .

Example:

You pay 40%tax in India.
So let’s say that you have earned 100Dollar’s and You have paid your 40% tax .
You now have 60Dollar’s back.
Now from your 60Dollars you will pay the zakat(2.5%) so You will have to pay 1,50dollar’s in zakat.(2,5% of 60dollars)-(2,5×60/100=1,50)

This is how it is done in Denmark find your local Mosque I’m pretty sure they know how it is done !.

SALAMOALAIKUM

source ; http://www.islam.dk/content.asp?art_id=118

you can Google translate it if you wish.

By: AKM Monirul Islam

AKM Monirul Islam — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:27:49 +0000

Who decided Zakat would be 1/40th or 2.5%?

By: shawkat osman

shawkat osman — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:00:06 +0000

i am looking for some one who would be interested to help me by donation i am a muslim living in the u.s in new york i have huge loan and now i am facing legal problems from the loan company mostly credit card loans i need $200.000 usd for paying of my high interest loan and also i will restart my business import of garments and export of metal scraps presently my family in living on loan which is on a hing interest if i can get the donations of $200.000 from any kind hearted muslim brother i could bring peace in my family life and i will be able to start my live by my own earning i have tried in various places here in many u.s bank but it is really hard to get any kind of loan with out any collateral and as muslim now i belive i should not live on any interest i am now 54yrs old and i have full faith on my relegion i like to follow the rules of my relegion

By: Amal Abdalhakim-Douglas

Amal Abdalhakim-Douglas — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:15:33 +0000

The only thing I can say is that Zakat is an INDIVIDUAL obligation, so for example where two people are part of a partnership they would each pay Zakat on their share of the business.

By: Lamin

Lamin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:34:25 +0000

i would like to know if a association that has a collective money has to pay zakat.

By: Amal Abdalhakim-Douglas

Amal Abdalhakim-Douglas — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:46:56 +0000

Assalamu Alaikum
There is much baraka in giving sadaqa towards funding or maintaining Mosques, but it is definitely not (as far as I am aware0 an acceptable use of collected Zakat.

A widow (or any Muslim for that matter), with debts to pay is definitely someone to whom collected Zakat can be paid. However, whether one can pay Zakat directly to them is another matter, and generally speaking the answer is No, but of course one can give as much sadaqa to these people as possible, but we just should not consider it to be discharging our duty of Zakat.

Of course if the money is given as sadaqa before our zakat is assessed there will be less Zakat to pay anyway

By: Abeer

Abeer — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:07:48 +0000

can a mother give zakat to her poor daughter (widow) ? who’s husband died and left behind a huge loan on the shoulder of the widow and 2 sons (who also not financially solvent)

By: nadia najaf

nadia najaf — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:56:01 +0000

can i give my zakat amount for mosque building?

thankyou.

By: Amal Abdalhakim-Douglas

Amal Abdalhakim-Douglas — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:02:56 +0000

Wa Alaikum Salaam

Zakat iS NOT for non-Muslims (except possibly in one case ‘reconcilling people’s hearts). Also if you look at what has been said about local distribution, authority and paying in-kind then you will find the Muslim charities are way down on the list of peiople who should be collecting & distributing Zakat.

Why not find a local person who is well respected in the community and known by everyone and ask him to accept your Zakat and distribute it to local needy Muslims sho fit the Qura’nic categories. This would much closer to the sunnah than giving it to these charities.

On the other hand if it is sadaqa you are talking about then by all means give it to the Muslim charity or even direct to the Cancer society etc