مجالس شهر رمضان
Day Sixteen:
From Zakah
Muhammad Bin Saleh Al-Uthaymeen
My brothers: Allah (swt) says in the Qur’an, “And they have been commanded no more than this: To worship Allah, offering Him sincere devotion, being true (in faith); to establish regular prayer; and to practice regular charity; and that is the Religion Right and Straight.”
As well as, “and be constant in prayer, and spend in charity, and [thus] lend unto God a goodly loan: for whatever good deed you may offer up in your own behalf, you shall truly find it with God – yea, better, and richer in reward.”
As well as, “And [remember:] whatever you may give out in usury so that it might increase through [other] people’s possessions will bring [you] no increase in the sight of God, whereas all that you give out in charity, seeking God’s countenance, [will be blessed by Him:] for it is they, they [who thus seek His countenance] that shall have their recompense multiplied!”
The verses that describe the zakah as being an obligation are many. As for the ahadeeth, there is in Saheeh Muslim on the authority of Abdullah bin Umar (ra) that the Prophet (saw) said, “Islam was established on five, tawhid, establishing prayer, giving the zakah, fasting Ramadhan, and Hajj…”
So giving zakah is one of the pillars of Islam. Whoever denies this obligation while they are aware, then they have disbelieved and left the fold of Islam. Whoever is greedy in performing this, or is deficient in it, then they are from the wrongdoers who are heedless to being punished. Zakah is obligatory on four things.
First: That which emerges from the ground like crops.
This is from the saying of Allah (swt), “O you who have attained to faith! Spend on others out of the good things which you may have acquired, and out of that which We bring forth for you from the earth.”
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