Zakat

E27188
Islamic religious obligation almsgiving pillar of Islam

Zakat is the obligatory almsgiving in Islam, requiring eligible Muslims to donate a fixed portion of their wealth to support the poor and needy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Zakat al-Fitr 3
Zakat canonical 1
Zakat al-fitr 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious obligation ⓘ
almsgiving ⓘ
pillar of Islam ⓘ
appliesTo Muslims who meet nisab threshold ⓘ
appliesToAsset agricultural produce ⓘ
business assets ⓘ
cash ⓘ
certain livestock ⓘ
gold ⓘ
silver ⓘ
ArabicName زكاة ⓘ
associatedWith social justice in Islam ⓘ
basedOn Hadith ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
beneficiaryCategory debtors ⓘ
in the cause of Allah (fi sabilillah) ⓘ
needy (masakin) ⓘ
poor (fuqara) ⓘ
stranded wayfarer ⓘ
those employed to collect zakat ⓘ
those in bondage or slavery ⓘ
those whose hearts are to be reconciled ⓘ
category Islamic finance ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
collectionMethod individual payment ⓘ
state collection in some Muslim countries ⓘ
condition completion of one lunar year on wealth (hawl) ⓘ
ownership of wealth above nisab ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Sadaqah ⓘ
Zakat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zakat al-Fitr
effect reduces economic inequality ⓘ
strengthens social solidarity ⓘ
language Arabic term ⓘ
legalStatusInSomeStates mandatory under Islamic law ⓘ
meaning growth ⓘ
purification ⓘ
obligationType fard (obligatory) ⓘ
obligatoryFor eligible Muslims ⓘ
pillarNumber third pillar of Islam ⓘ
purpose purify wealth ⓘ
redistribute wealth ⓘ
support the needy ⓘ
support the poor ⓘ
rate 2.5% on most monetary wealth ⓘ
varies by asset type ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
requires donation of fixed portion of wealth ⓘ
sourceVerse Surah At-Tawbah ⓘ
surface form: Quran 9:60
timeFrame paid annually on qualifying wealth ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Five Pillars of Islam → component → Zakat ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr → associatedCharity → Zakat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zakat al-Fitr
Ramadan → charityObligation → Zakat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zakat al-Fitr
Zakat → distinguishedFrom → Zakat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zakat al-Fitr
Islam in Egypt → hasPractice → Zakat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zakat al-fitr