"Say We believe in God and what is revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and I`saac and Jacob and the Tribes, and what was entrusted to Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them and to Him we have surrendered."
(Quran 3: 84)
Zakaat is the Annual Tax on Wealth/Charity for the
Poor Or The Purification Tax. Each
year Muslims who have assets over and above their outstanding debts,
assets of roughly $1400 in cash or commercial goods and commodities,
must voluntary pay two and one-half percent of such assets to the poor. Read the following
articles:
ZAKAT
(Alms, The Poor's due) Explained in more detail. 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."
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