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The Kedah State Zakat Board (Malay: Lembaga Zakat Negeri Kedah; abbreviated as LZNK), acts as the trustee for Ulil Amri, the Sultan of Kedah. [1] LZNK is an institution responsible for the oversight of zakat collection and distribution in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. [2] Established on 5 September 1936, as indicated in the Notice Advising the ...
Zakat is the Arabic word for "Giving to Charity" or "Giving to the Needy". [ a ][ 3 ] Zakat is a form of almsgiving, often collected by the Muslim Ummah. [ 1 ] It is considered in Islam a religious obligation, [ 4 ][ 5 ] and by Quranic ranking, is next after prayer (salat) in importance. [ 6 ] Eight heads of zakat are mentioned in the Quran.
Islamic taxes include. zakat - one of the five pillars of Islam. Only imposed on Muslims, it is generally described as a 2.5% tax on savings to be donated to the Muslim poor and needy. [1][2] It was a tax collected by the Islamic state. kharaj - a land tax initially imposed only on non-Muslims but soon after mandated for Muslims as well.
Kedah (Malay pronunciation: [kəˈdah]), [ 5 ] also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, [ 6 ] is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km 2, and consists of a mainland portion and the Langkawi islands.
Iskandar Muda. Iskandar Muda (1583? [1] – 27 December 1636 [2]) was the twelfth Sultan of Acèh Darussalam, under whom the sultanate achieved its greatest territorial extent, holding sway as the strongest power and wealthiest state in the western Indonesian archipelago and the Strait of Malacca. "Iskandar Muda" literally means "young ...
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e. Qardh al-hasan (Arabic: قرض الحسن, transl. benevolent lending) is an Islamic concept of interest-free lending. It is based on the principle of helping others without expecting a financial gain. However some Ulama deem it a form of interest-free loan (fungible, marketable wealth) that is extended by a lender to a borrower on the basis ...
History of Kedah. "Tornado off the Coast of Quedah" (1860) by Sherard Osborn. Archeological digs suggest a settlement existed on the northern bank of the Merbok River by the 1st millennium CE. The Merbok settlement, Sungai Batu was built near the river's estuary. [1][2] The early history of Kedah can be traced from various sources, from the ...