ZAKAT HINDERS INSATIABLE DESIRES
Human has been created as a candidate for eternal pleasure, a fact attested to by his eternal desires. When human lacks the transcendental dimension of eternity, all his engrained desires become augmented here on Earth alone, causing an exaggerated terrestrial bond. The Prophet of God
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ZAKAT PREVENTS HOARDING WEALTH
Stockpiling, through stowing accumulated wealth, is virtually an economic menace to the greater part of society; thus, Islam’s negative view of it is no surprise. The unethical process of stocking away certain goods by certain people causes an abnormal plummeting in prices; hence,
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ZAKAT ETERNALIZES WEALTH
The Earth is mortal and so are its inhabitants. Just as nothing on Earth is immortal, the Earth itself is destined for nothingness, firmly locked in the hands of mortality. Even more certain is the fact that wealth, along with its accumulators, are sooner or later, bound to say farewe
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ZAKAT IS PURITY
Zakat is a process which yields a thorough purification. The provider, as well as the recipient, rid themselves of potential “dirt.” It forestalls a potential insurgency by the poor by eliminating any possible cause for social dissent and thus provides greater security for wealth thro
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ZAKAT IS A MEANS FOR MERCY
Zakat is a major instrument in attracting the mercy of God, as those who achieve His eternal compassion are, justifiably, those who observe divine commands. Nurturing compassion for others through taking care of their needs is, no doubt, a means to attaining that limitless treasure—C
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ZAKAT PREVENTS MISERLINESS
The love of property has intrinsically been a part of human inclination for many concealed purposes. Overindulgence in this fondness, however, will indubitably result in a shameful dissipation. This innate inclination possessed by human, in which overexploitation leads to miserliness,
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ZAKAT BRINGS ONE CLOSER TO GOD
The minimum amount of zakat and its specific places of disbursement have unequivocally been delineated in the Qur’an. The person, through zakat, enters a perennially blissful path, attaining proximity to God, an aspect eloquently illustrated in the following Hadith Qudsi (the wording
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WHAT BENEFITS ARE THERE FOR THE BENEFACTOR?
Zakat is multi-faceted practice.Performing Their obligations on one hand, individuals safeguard themselves from many spiritual and physical troubles and suffering on the other. In fact, from the perspective of both the benefactor and the recipient, the benefits on an individual thr
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TOTALITY IN WORSHIP
Islam, as a system, is an undividable whole, and it is founded on five principles of which an absence of any renders Islam obsolete. Only in the greater part of the Meccan Period, which was rather a time of transition, were the followers exempt from performing certain deeds; however,
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