The Zakat is calculated according to the total amount of cash and jewellery; in fact, whatever has an intrinsic value, in which you own in excess of nisab during a lunar year. For this reason, it is necessary for you to pay Zakat each year before Ramaḍan if it’s your intention to pay Zakat.
This Zakat is obligatory in the Islamic community, and it will be paid in the congregation to a zakat collector.
It is recommended for you to pay Zakat even if you only own one or two items of clothing, especially if they are zakatable and in excess of nisab. If you do not have any zakatable possessions, then it is compulsory upon each person according to their circumstances; your house should be sold, and the money given in charity, or give all that which has an intrinsic value without neglecting the rest of your wealth.
Each individual must also calculate their Zakat themselves, although there’s no sin if someone else calculates for them. The zakat rate is 2.5%, and there is no zakat on money other than gold and silver.
Muslims are obliged to pay Zakat from the day they know that it is obligatory, and once you pay Zakat, you will be entitled to any zakatable wealth which you might gain afterwards. If, for example, somebody only owns one item of zakatable clothes, then after paying Zakat, they can continue wearing them until they wear out or until their value decreases by half without them being replaced. When this happens, the individual should calculate again.
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What does nisab mean?
Nisab means the sufficient assets (cash and/or property) which make Zakat obligatory upon its owner, both man and women if its value equals nisab or more.
How much is Zakat to pay?
The Zakat of cash is 2.5%, and the zakat rate for gold is 4%. For example, if you own 1500$, which are equivalent to Nisab, then Zakat will be 25$. The Zakat will be given to poor people who meet certain requirements by Muslim countries around the world. It is advisable that Zakat pays it to those who ask for zakāt directly because Allah subḥānahu was ta’āla (exalted is He) said: “Alms are only for the poor and the needy, and those who collect them, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to free the captives and the debtors, and for the cause of Allah, and (for) the wayfarers; a duty imposed by Allah. And Allah is All-Knower, All-Wise.” (Al-Qur’ān 9:60)
How Zakat will help?
Zakat has many benefits; the zakāt helps the poor to feel that they are still hired and not forgotten; Zakat always returns to you multiplied. The zakāt is also a form of purification for your wealth and good deeds. He who has given Zakat knows his Lord more deeply and gets closer to Him because he has recognized that what he owns belongs only to God and comes from Him; therefore, Zakat makes him feel poorer in relation to material wealth and richer in relation to God.
How Zakat will help the giver?
The zakāt is one of the best types of charity which bring reward both on earth and hereafter, Allah subḥānahu was ta’āla (exalted is He) says, “The likeness of those who spend their wealth seeking Allah’s pleasure while they are sure and certain that return unto them will be manifold, is the likeness of a garden on a hillside. The rains have made it yield double its normal production, and If you give you Zakat for your zakāt is known to reach the intended recipients before you can even reach it.”(Al-Qur’ān 2:265)
SKT Welfare calculates your Zakat automatically by adding Zakat on top of your donations. You can send Zakat on any amount of money, gold or silver you have. You don’t need to worry about the zakat calculation; we will do it for you. Just donate and select a zakat payment option. Zakāt is one of the five pillars of Islam and an obligatory religious duty for all Muslims who meet the necessary criteria. It is a form of tax that must be paid on certain assets and possessions above a certain threshold each year. The funds collected from zakāt are typically used to help the poor and needy in the community.
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