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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 al-Fitr is a fixed amount assessed per person, while Zakat al mal is based on personal income and property. [106] 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.).
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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.
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.
The Kedah State Executive Council is the executive branch of the State Government of Kedah, Malaysia. The Council is composed of the Menteri Besar, the Leader of the council, appointed by the Sultan on the basis that he/she commands the majority support in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly, (half of the number of the members of the assembly).
It was inaugurated and opened on 12 October 2004 by Kedah Sultan Abdul Halim. [3] [4] Architecture. The museum is a 3-story building with a total area of 12,000 m 2. [5]
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 ...