Zakat

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• Holy Qur'an talks about "zakat" in many places and at least 27 times paying Zakat and establishing Salat have come together in one ayah. Here is a list of Qur'an verses that talks about Zakat

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• ‘Islam has been founded on five pillars-to be a witness that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah ; and saying the Prayers (in congregation); and paying the Zakāt; and the Hajj; and fasting in its month.’ (Bukhari: Vol. I; the Book of Faith)
• Addressing the Muslims on the occasion of his last Hajj, the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, said: ‘Fear God and observe your five prayers and you must fast in the month of Ramadhan and pay the Zakāt from your wealth and obey when you are commanded and your God shall grant you admission in paradise.’ (Tirmidhi)
• Abu Ayub has reported in the Traditions that once a man came and asked the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, kindly to point out to him an act which would take him straight to paradise, even though it involved all his wealth. The Holy Prophet said: ‘The most glorious thing for you would be to worship Allah and not to associate anything with Him and to observe Prayer and to pay the Zakāt and to show kindness to all your relatives.’ (Bukhari: Vol. 1, p.165, printed Egypt)
• Abu Huraira said that once a Bedouin came to the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, and asked, ‘Do please tell me about an act which, if I do, shall take me straight to paradise.’ The Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘Worship Allah and do not associate anything with Him ; and observe Prayer which is binding, and pay the Zakāt which may be due and keep fasts during the month of Ramadhan.’ The Bedouin then said, ‘I bring Him as my witness, Who is the Lord of my life, that I shall not add a mite to it, nor shall I lessen a wee bit from it.’ Then he went away. The Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, then said: ‘Anyone who wishes to see a man from among the dwellers of Paradise, he should see that man.’ (Bukhari: Vol. 1, p.169)
• The Holy Prophet saw two women wearing bangles of gold on their hands and he asked them whether they paid Zakāt on them. They both replied in the negative. He then said, ‘Do you wish that you be wearing bangles of fire instead of these?’ They said, ‘No.’ He then said that they should pay Zakāt for them (Tirmidhi)
• Hazrat ‘Ayesha, the Holy Prophet’s spouse, said, ‘I have heard the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, saying “If the Zakāt portion remains unpaid from anyone’s assets, that portion causes the ruin of the whole.”‘ (Mishkat: the Book of Zakāt)
• Haritha bin Wahab reports that he heard the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, say: ‘Spend in the way of Allah because a time will come on you when man shall take his alms to give and we’ll find no one to give it to. Another will say: Had you brought it yesterday, I would have accepted but today I do not need it.’ (Bukhari)
• Narrated Abu Huraira:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Whoever is made wealthy by Allah and does not pay the Zakat of his wealth, then on the Day of Resurrection his wealth will be made like a baldheaded poisonous male snake with two black spots over the eyes. The snake will encircle his neck and bite his cheeks and say, 'I am your wealth, I am your treasure.' " Then the Prophet (ﷺ) recited the holy verses:-- 'Let not those who withhold . . .' (to the end of the verse). (Bukhari Book 24 Hadith 8)

• ‘O ye all, who consider themselves members of my Community, you shall be considered, in heaven, the members of my Community only when you will really and truly walk in the paths of righteousness. Observe, therefore, your five daily prayers with the fear of God in your hearts and with such an attention as if you are actually seeing Him with your own eyes. And also observe your fasts with all sincerity and everyone … from among you who is liable to pay the Zakāt must pay it and must go for the Hajj on whom it is due and for whom there are no impediments.’

• "....one cannot be exempt from Zakat, which is one of the basic principles of Islam, by paying other Chandas. All our success depends upon holding fast to the principals of Islam. …. We must consider the payment of Zakat to be as obligatory as prayer, fasting and performing the Hajj" Hazrat Khalifatul Masih I, may Allah be pleased with him, in An Introduction to Financial Sacrifice (pp.84-86)

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