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Zakat al-Fitr is a fixed amount assessed per person, while Zakat al mal is based on personal income and property. [107] According to one source, the Hidaya Foundation, the suggested Zakat al Fitr donation is based on the price of 1 Saa (approx. 3 kg) of rice or wheat at local costs, (as of 2015, approximately $7.00 in the U.S.).
Income is subject to zakat in only two of the six countries: `The Saudi and Malaysian regulations are ... the same as to the imposition of the zakah in respect of free vocational jobs and employees` salaries` [45] Kahf (1999:27-8) [46] explicates that the income of certain professionals (physicians, engineers, lawyers, etc.) is subject to zakat ...
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Zakat is considered by Muslims to be an act of piety through which one expresses concern for the well-being of fellow Muslims, [38] as well as preserving social harmony between the wealthy and the poor. [39] Zakat promotes a more equitable redistribution of wealth and fosters a sense of solidarity amongst members of the Ummah. [40]
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.
Zakat is obligatory when a certain amount of money, called the nisab (or minimum amount), is reached or exceeded. Zakat is not obligatory if the amount owned is less than this nisab. The nisab of gold and golden currency is 20 mithqal, or approximately 85 grams of pure gold. One mithqal is approximately 4.25 grams.
Muhammad said there was an obligation to pay zakat in the second year of Hijrah, marking the division of the practice of zakat into the Mecca and the Medina phases. [7] The initial stage of zakat development spanned 23 years, during which the Badawi community in Mecca implemented a system of contributing properties to support the needy. [8]
Sadaqat al-Fitr is a duty which is considered wajib (required) of every Muslim, whether male or female, minor or adult as long as they have the means to do so.. According to Islamic tradition (), Ibn 'Umar said that the Islamic Prophet Muhammad made Zakat al-Fitr compulsory on every slave, freeman, male, female, young and old among the Muslims; one Saa` of dried dates or one Saa` of barley.