Zakat
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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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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 →
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
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redistribute wealth → support the needy → support the poor → |
| rate |
2.5% on most monetary wealth
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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 (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Zakat al-Fitr"
this entity surface form: "Zakat al-Fitr"
this entity surface form: "Zakat al-Fitr"