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	IslamiCity.com - Zakat
		Zakat is the amount of money that every adult, mentally stable, free, and financially able Muslim, male and female, has to pay to support specific categories people.
		The obligatory nature of Zakat is firmly established in the Qur'an, the Sunnah (or hadith), and the consensus of the companions and the Muslim scholars.
		Zakat is obligatory after a time span of one lunar year passes with the money in the control of it's owner.
	www.islamicity.com /mosque/Zakat (0 words)

	Zakat Foundation - Welcome to the Zakat Foundation
		The Zakat Foundation of America and its partner distributed over 50,000 shares of Udhiya/Qurbani meat for the 2006/2007 Eid al-Adha.
		Every Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr The Zakat Foundation distributes money to orphans and destitute children and then provides them all with a day of fun with a trip to the city markets so they can use the money as they choose.
		Udhiya / Qurbani is one of the fundamental rituals of Islam performed on the occasion of 'Eid ul-Adha, and is prescribed not only for the pilgrims performing Hajj, but for all able Muslims.
	www.thezakat.org (242 words)

	Zakat, the Obligsatory Charity in Submission (Islam), Falsely connected to Ramadan.Ramadan-Zakat-alms-dues-charity
		As we see from 6:141, Zakat should be paid all year around and not only during the month of Ramadan or at the beginning of the year.
		This Zakat in the Quran is not connected with the fasting of Ramadan as the Scholars and the hadithists made people to believe.
		This "THE" ZAKAT means it is somehting already known to Muhammad and the believers and not something left for Muhammad or everyone to invent.
	www.submission.org /zakat.html (1834 words)

	AllRefer.com - zakat (Islam) - Encyclopedia
		Zakat is due yearly on certain types of property and is distributed to eight categories of individuals specified by the Qur'an.
		Zakat is payable, at different rates, on crops, harvests, herds, gold and silver, and merchandise.
		Zakat is essentially a personal exercise with no intermediary control, and could be given directly to its recipients, although a central treasury often collects it.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Z/zakat.html (255 words)

	Zakat
		The literal meaning of Zakat is piety and in Shari’ah it is the name of that share which in compliance to the command of Allah is given to the needy in the prescribed way.
		Zakat is not compulsory on the household: clothes, furniture, animal for transportation, cycle, motor, tools, weapon, personal library and mortgaged property.
		The imposition of Zakat is for purity of heart, reformation of morals and benefits of A’akhrat; Piety, the word meaning of Taharat, means that worship refrains the man from misery, meanness, greed and selfishness type of habits which can be a cause of mutual rivalry, prejudice, jealousy.
	www.angelfire.com /country/fakihaerum/zakat.html (1091 words)

	Zakat (Alms)
		Zakat (alms) is the name of what a believer returns out of his or her wealth to the neediest of Muslims for the sake of the Almighty Allah.
		Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam and a vital element in the religion of Islam.
		Zakat is mandatory in gold and silver, irrespective of its form: in coins, raw or nugget, or jewelry for wearing, or for rent, because of the generality of evidence of Zakat without any detail.
	www.missionislam.com /knowledge/zakat.htm (5163 words)

	Welcome to nellaiEruvadi
		However Zakat will have bo be paid on the amount she has claimed provided it is equivalent to or more than the Nisab and on which one year has been completed.
		Zakat is due on all the gold and silver ornaments, jewellery, and gold or silver lace woven into clothe, gold thread embroidered dresses for ladies, etc. Hadrat Umm Salmah says that she used to put on (gold) bracelets.
		The Zakat on provident fund has to be made for all the years and it has to be paid when he is entitled to receive it, though he may claim it or not in time.
	www.nellaieruvadi.com /islam/zakat_detail.asp (2892 words)

	Muslim Personal Law
		Zakat is not payable to one's direct ascendants or decendants like [the] father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, grandmaternal father (nona), grand maternal mother (nani) and offspring i.e.
		Zakat cannot lawfully be given to one's wife or by the wife to her husband if she holds property separately.
		It is lawful to bestow zakat upon a person possessed of less than a nisab, though he be sound in body and capable of labour because such a one comes under the description of a faqir who is one of the specified objects of its application.
	muslim-canada.org /muspersonallaw10.html (2861 words)

	Islamic Voice
		Since Zakat is an act of worship the intention is a must and hence it is not obligatory on the wealth of a minor and the insane person.
		Zakat is obligatory on goats, sheep, cows, buffalos and camels which graze on wild grass, plant leaves and on some feed now and then given by the owner, and on the above animals meant for sale.
		Zakat must be necessarily paid on gold, silver and other various types of wealth, on one’s business, his cash amount, whether in the form of saving certificates or bonds.
	www.islamicvoice.com /december.98/zakat.htm (4790 words)

	IslamiCity.com - Zakat (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zakat is the amount of money that every adult, mentally stable, free, and financially able Muslim, male and female, has to pay to support specific categories people.
		The obligatory nature of Zakat is firmly established in the Qur'an, the Sunnah (or hadith), and the consensus of the companions and the Muslim scholars.
		Zakat is obligatory after a time span of one lunar year passes with the money in the control of it's owner.
	islam.org /mosque/Zakat (564 words)

	Zakat
		Payment of zakat tax is obligatory in four kinds of crops: wheat, barley, dates, and raisins; however, as a matter of obligatory Ihtiyat, it is obligatory in all kinds of crops, such as rice, lentils, sesame, etc. it is not obligatory in vegetables, such as potatoes, cucumbers, carrots, etc.
		Should death occur before zakat has become due on the crops, the inheritors are deemed new owners; it therefore follows that they should cater for the payment of zakat once all conditions, among which are the produce exceeding the threshold (nisab) and the inheritor be an adult, are met.
		Should the produce have become for zakat tax before the transfer, and the previous owner did not pay it, either through transgression or due to an oversight, the tax has to be settled; moreover, it is not permissible to have right of disposal over the amount of zakat.
	english.bayynat.org.lb /Fatawa/s7ch1_1.htm (2324 words)

	Zakat Q & A - Zakat Ul-Fitr and Ramadan - Zakat Center
		Though dealing in securities is not lawful, Zakat is due on their face value, which is to be added to other kinds of property, after reaching the Nisab and the lapse of a full year.
		The company should pay Zakat on behalf of the shareholders if the company bylaws so stipulate; if its general assembly issued a decree to this effect, the company is legally obliged to pay Zakat or if the shareholder authorized the company to pay such Zakat.
		Zakat will be paid accordingly, taking into consideration the criteria of Zakat payment such as the allotted Nisab, the amount to be paid, type of funds as well as any other conditions related to the payment of Zakat.
	www.thezakat.org /Zakat-QA.aspx (1672 words)

	Zakat
		The fifth ritualistic duty that every believer owes to God is zakat, which means alms-giving or charity.
		The zakat is institutionalized in Islamic law, the Shari'ah, which constrains everyone to give the equivalent of 2 1/2 percent of their wealth to the poor in the form of taxes if one's wealth is in money.
		The institutionalization of the zakat makes Islam the first welfare state in history in which redistribution of income and wealth was a foundation of state and government.
	www.wsu.edu /~dee/GLOSSARY/ZAKAT.HTM (313 words)

	Zakat India Resource Page from Milli Gazette, Islamic News Website
		Zakat contributions cannot be given to such institutions or organizations who do not give the rightful recipients possession of Zakat, but instead use Zakat funds for constructions, investment or salaries.
		Zakat, a tithe payable by all Muslims whose wealth exceeds a basic minimum, is one of the five 'pillars' of Islam.
		Zakat - One of the most important principles of Islam is that all things belong to God and that wealth is held in trust by human beings.
	www.milligazette.com /misl/zakat/zakat_india.htm (2237 words)

	Zakat
		Zakat is one of the five essential pillars of Islam, for Islam is not worship that is alienated from life and society.
		Zakat is worship the aim of which is social integrity and a contribution to eliminating poverty.
		The state may levy the zakat fully or partially and distribute it to those entitled to receiving it with respect to manifest wealth according to the rules illustrated in the books of fiqh (jurisprudence).
	www.truth.org.ye /trueng/chp5/Zakat21.htm (524 words)

	`Eid and Zakat ul-Fitr (Islaam.Com) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zakat al Fitr is an obligatory charity on every Muslim at the end of the month of Ramadan.
		The purpose of Zakat al-Fitr is to purify the one who has fasted from any type of indecent act or speech he might have committed while fasting.
		Zakat al-Fitr is to be given to the same eight categories or people as in the other types of Zakat.
	www.islaam.com /Article.aspx?id=109 (805 words)

	Zakat (the Alms Tax) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zakat represents the unbreakable bond between members of the community, whom prophet Mohammad described to be "like the organs of the body, if one suffers then all others rally in response."
		As Muslims pay the Zakat they have the genuine feeling that it is an investment and not a debit helping to establish economic balance and social justice in the society.
		Zakat is the right of the poor in the wealth of the rich and is neither optional charity nor philanthropy.
	www.dawanet.com /nonmuslim/intro/islam/charity.html (626 words)

	Zakat: According to Quran and Sunnah
		Zakat al-Fitr (wheat/grain) and is due for each family member and is to be given to the Masjid before Eid al-Fitr each year.
		The annual 2.5% Zakat is due any time of the year, to be given annually to an Islamic cause, but it does not have to be given to the Masjid.
		The annual 2.5% Zakat is usually given during Ramadan, because of the hadith with states that we receive extra blessings for any sadaqa done during Ramadan; however, it can be given annually at any time, basing a year on the Islamic calendar.
	muttaqun.com /zakat.html (538 words)

	Obligation of Zakat and Rates
		It should be kept in mind that these rates of Zakat are the minimum rates and the Muslims have been urged by Allah and the Prophet time and again to pay as much as they can after providing for their legitimate needs.
		Thus the rate of Zakat and the amount of Nisab is dynamic with a given minimum, but the maximum amount is left to the Ijma of Ummah.
		The Zakat of every locality should be spent on the poor inhabitants of the same community except if there is a calamity in other parts of the country or the world.
	www.yespakistan.com /zakat/obligation.asp (1033 words)

	Zakat Summary
		1: the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship; "the zakat is earmarked for the poor and disabled"
		Zakât refers to spending a fixed portion of one's wealth for the poor,needy, zakat collectors, peoples whos hearts need to be reconciled, slaves, those in debt, in the way of Allah, and the travelers in the society.
		Zakat- A Pillar of Islam (please note there is error in this article, it should read that zakat is due on one fourtieth of wealth and not "one forth")
	www.bookrags.com /Zakat (1915 words)

	Al Islam - Zakat
		The concept of Zakat was not totally new to Islam; similar alms giving had been enjoined upon the Israelites and the Christians as well.
		Zakat, therefore, is a duty enjoined by God in the interest of the society as a whole.
		While on one hand these charitable contributions provide for the needs of the society, on the other hand the act of giving in the name of God purifies the heart of the contributor from selfishness and greed.
	www.alislam.org /pillars/zakat.html (241 words)

	DZIT - Laws and By-Laws - Legal Text on Zakat Duty - Zakat Regulations
		Zakat is assessed on commercial goods, properties and financial belongings at estimated values at the end of the year in accordance with provisions of Islamic Jurisprudence.
		A zakatpayer may object to the amount of zakat within 60 days of the receipt date by a registered-mailed memorandum stating reasons for objection addressed to the notifying department.
		In the case of lack of clarity that may surface during implementation of articles of this resolution, the Minister of Finance and National Economy shall be the reference authority for clarification and interpretation.
	www.zakat.gov.sa /en/OrganizationCharts/organizationcharts2.shtml (891 words)

	Department of Zakat and Income Tax - Saudi Arabia - Zakat Duty - Zakat Base Items, Allowed and Disallowed Deductions: ...
		Capital amount that has been held to account for one year is added to zakat base, but Increments to capital during the year are not added unless it is a capitalized equity item that has passed one year.
		However, such profits are not added to zakat base if they are no longer in possession of the company but are deposited at a bank for the benefits of shareholders and the company can not withdraw or draw interest on them.
		The subsides are added to zakat base of recipient companies in the year of actual receipt and notwithstanding the one year term.
	www.zakat.gov.sa /en/CommerceZakat/commercezakat2.shtml (613 words)

	Comparative Index to Islam : ZAKAT, ZAKAH
		Giving the Zakat is considered an act of worship and is one of the five Pillars of Islam.
		He used, sometimes, by payment of Zakat to win over the hearts of leaders of clans and tribes and secure their goodwill for the Musalmans and ward off their potential evil designs against the Muslim society which was then only spring into existence.
		According to later malikites, the disbursement of this share has not been abrogated and Zakat may still be disbursed to unbelievers under this head, provided there is adequate sense of certainty as to their embracing Islam.
	answering-islam.org /Index/Z/zakat.html (1118 words)

	Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . BELIEF & PRACTICE . Zakat . October 31, 2003 \| PBS
		It's called zakat, and it's one of the five basic requirements, or pillars, of Islam -- giving to the poor at least two-and-a half percent of whatever is left over each year after you take care of your household's basic needs.
		Since the month of Ramadan is the month of blessings, the month of forgiveness, the month of doing all the good deeds, and the good deeds are multiplied during that month, so the people try to give their zakat in the month of Ramadan to get more and more blessings.
		Zakat is always connected in the Qur'an with prayer.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week709/belief.html (399 words)

	:: Zakat - Another Project by MUIS ::
		Zakat Fitrah is also known as zakat of the body, zakat of Ramadan and zakat fitri.
		A person who has passed away before the sun sets or a child born after the sun sets on the night of first Syawal is not obligated to pay the zakat fitrah.
		Zakat fitrah can be performed at the beginning of Ramadan, but the period upon which it is obligatory is on the night of Hari Raya and it is encouraged to be paid before solat Aidilfitri.
	www.zakat.com.sg /toz/toz.html (213 words)

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