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However, the amount of zakat paid on capital assets (e.g. money) and stock-in-trade and jewelry is customarily 2.5% (1/40). [8] Zakat is also payable on agricultural goods, precious metals, minerals, and livestock at a rate varying between 2.5 and 20 percent, depending on the type of goods.
The Hanafi school applies zakat on all agricultural produce according to the opinion of Imam Abu Hanifa. According to Imam Abu Yusuf and Muhamad bin Al Hasan, it only applies to plants whose produce can last (through storage) for a year. [12] When zakat applies to a plant, the nisab is five Wasaq. Each wasaq is valued as sixty Sa'.
Zakat spending as per Holy Quran on 8 categories of people Silver or gold coinage is one way of granting zakat. Zakat (or Zakāh) is one of the five pillars of Islam. 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]
Islamic taxes are taxes sanctioned by Islamic law. [1] They are based on both "the legal status of taxable land" and on "the communal or religious status of the taxpayer". [1] 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 for charity.
Zakat is obligatory after the money has been in the control of its owner for the span of one lunar year; a lunar year is approximately 355 days. The owner then needs to pay 2.5% (or 1/40) of the money as zakat.
By 1983, the work of the society had collapsed due to a military dictatorship and an economic downturn in Ghana. [1] [2] The historical society resumed its work in 2001. [1] [2] In its early years, the organisation was the publisher of the Ghana Notes and Queries and Teachers Journal targeting history tutors in Ghanaian high schools. [1]
Ghana was the world's leading producer of cocoa, boasted a well-developed infrastructure to service trade, and enjoyed a relatively advanced education system. [1] At independence, President Kwame Nkrumah sought to use the apparent stability of the Ghanaian economy as a springboard for economic diversification and expansion. [ 1 ]
History of Ghana by period (4 C, 1 P) History of Ghana by topic (6 C) * Ghana history-related lists (39 P) A. Archaeology of Ghana (2 C, 3 P) Ashanti Empire (4 C, 11 ...