Explanation
- Zakat is not permissible to be spent on the construction of a mosque.
- This is because it does not fit under any of the eight categories
- List of Head of Zakat
1. Al-Fuqara (The poor)
2. Al-Masakin (The needy)
3. Zakat collectors
4. Who converted to Islam
5. Freeing captives
6. Debtors
7. In the path of Allah
8. Wayfarer (Traveler)
Nisab of zakat for silver is 52 1/2 tola
Zakat literally means Purification.
When Zakat was made compulsory in 2 A.H (properly implemented in 8 Hijri.
The word Zakat occurs 32 times in the Holy Quran.
Hazrat Abu Baker did Jihad on the issue of Zakat.
Without which act the prayer is useless? Zakat
One who disbelievers in Zakat is a Kafir
“Zakat” is the treasure of Islam, who said this? Holy Prophet (PBUH)
