Zakah

This is a booklet that briefly addresses the rulings of Fasting, including a clarification of the categories of people relative to the obligation of fasting, the immeasurable benefits of fasting, and things that nullify fasting. We will also address the benefits and rulings pertaining to Zakaah.

The benefits of Zakat and who receives it.

A short video defines the zakat and shows its importance on individuals as well as societies. It speaks about the system laid down by Islam to bring the poor and rich together and establish society security and peace.

The divinely ordained system of zakah is the right of Allah within His dominion. The word “zakah” means purification and growth. Its regular payment purifies the owner’s remaining wealth and purifies his heart from such ailments as greed and selfishness. The system of zakah ordained by Allah is the ideal....

Compulsory giving

A brief but nice booklet discussing Zakaah, those items and amounts upon which it is due, and where it is to be spent. Includes a few important fataawa related to Zakaah

Essential Questions & Answers Regarding: Contemporary Zakāt

Zakat-ul-Fitr

A lecture in English delivered by Sh. Bilal Philips in which he shows that giving charity is one of the means to get Allah's pleasure. He also illustrates the virtues of charity and its great positive effects in Islam.

A lecture in English in which the lecturer explains Allah's saying, "But he has not broken through the difficult pass. And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass? It is the freeing of a slave. Or feeding on a day of severe hunger. An orphan....

A lecture in English delivered by Sh. Bilal Philips on the virtue of spending money for the sake of Allah and the reward that one gets from this great rite.

A lecture in English in which the lecturer shows the conditions for giving zakah and who should receive zakah.