Zakat

1. Obligation of Zakat: Ibn 'Abbas Radiyallahu Anhuma narrated that Mu'adh Radiyallahu Anh said: "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) sent me (as a governor of Yemen) and instructed me: 'You will be going to Christian and Jewish Community. Invite them first to testify that there is no true God but Allah, and that I am (Prophet Muhammad [Peace be upon Him]) the Messenger of Allah. If they accept this, then tell them that Allah has enjoined upon them five prayers during the day and the night; and if they obey, then tell them that Allah has made Zakat obligatory for them to be collected from their rich and distrubuted among their poor; and if they obey, then beware of taking the best of their properties, and be ware of the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah."' (Source: Summarized Sahih Muslim, No. 501, Volume 1)

2. Properties that are subject to Zakat: Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri Radiyallhu Anh narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "No Zakat is due on less than five Awsuq (800 kgs.) of grains, dates, and on less than five heads of camel and on less than five Uqiyah (611.5 gms.) of silver." (Source: Summarized Sahih Muslim, No. 502, Volume 1)

3. The products in which Zakat is payable out of its tenth or twentieth (part):
Jabir bin Abdullah Radiyallahu Anhuma narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying: A tenth is payable on what is watered by rivers or rain, and a twentieth on what is irrigated by camels." (Source: Summarized Sahih Muslim, No. 503, Volume 1)

4. He who does not pay Zakat: Abdu Dhar Radiyallahu Anh narrated: I went to the Prophet (PBUH) and he was sitting in the shade of the Ka'bah. As he saw me he said: "By the Rubb of the Ka'bah, they are the losers." I sat and I could not stay (longer) and (then) stood up. I said: "O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be ransom for you, who are they (the losers)?". He said: "They are those who have a huge amount of wealth, except those who give out in charity (those who spend their wealth generously on them whom they find in fron of them, behind them and on their right side and on their left side), and they are a few. No owner of camels or cows or goats and sheep, who doest not pay Zakat (would be spared punishment) but these (camles, cows, goats and sheep) shall come on the Day of Resurrection wearing more flesh and to gore him with their horns and trample him with their hooves. And when the last one tramples him, the first one will return (to trample him) and so on until all people are finally judged." (Source: Summarized Sahih Muslim, No. 506, Volume 1)

 

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