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From the start of Muhammad’s (upon whom be peace) prophethood, almost to the very end of his life—and especially in the Meccan Era—the Muslims suffered great economic distress. The Messenger of God had forsaken all his belongings, along with the wealth of his generous and compassionat

The Qur’an advises us to perform salat, the zakat of our bodies, with utmost gracefulness, elegance and precision, while we are instructed to offer zakat from that which God has benevolently bestowed on us in order to achieve social peace and bliss. To spend what God has given us, as

Past prophets have also been under obligation to take humankind by the hand and show all the roads leading to physical and spiritual ascension; thus, they too have shown the precious path of zakat as part of a primordial effort to diminish class differences in societies and to provide

Though comprising several meanings such as  substitution, disaster, catastrophe and misfortune, nawaib is the name given to the gains acquired in addition to zakat during extraordinary circumstances such as the dispatch of troops, maintaining national security and s o on. As the desig

Ushr means “one-tenth;” thus every single fraction of ten is called “ushr.”21 “They have not been able to reach even one tenth of what We have given”22 alludes to the shortcomings of the Meccan polytheists in their incapability of realizing their so-called power. As an Islamic concept

Depending on its place of use, infaq may mean to become fashionable, to encourage, to intend, to decrease, to leave, to die, to cease and to spend.18 A portion of these meanings can be found in the Qur’an and sunna. In the Qur’an, the term “infaq” is generally used in reference to spe

The term sadaqa carries the literal meanings of truth, acceptance and concurance.12 Yet in the Qur’an and hadith, the word harbors meanings of greater depth as a source of extreme kindness and benevolence, along with the occasional intimation of charity toward others, or simply refrai

Zakat, literally, holds numerous meanings: to profit, to purify, to increase, to be worthy, nice, mercy, truth, blessing, to extol and to exonerate are just to mention a few. 1  All of these abundant meanings can be        sighted in the Qur’an and hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muham