Allah the Almighty tells us in Surat Al Mulk that he had created life and death to try us, to test us and see who performs best amongst us. So this life, we are living in, is merely a test. Allah the Almighty is trying us with the good and with the evil; with the […]

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Yes, one can do that if she is deserving. And Allah knows best

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It is 2.5% of your savings that had a whole year passed over it and it exceeds the value f 595 grams of silver.

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It is not permissible to give it for the intention of performing hajj even if he was needy. We give him the zakat because he is needy and not to perform hajj. Allah says: “As-Sadaqât (here it means Zakât) are only for the Fuqarâ’ (poor), and Al-Masâkin (the poor) and those employed to collect (the […]

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Zakat can only be given to one of the 8 categories mentioned in 9:60: “Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of […]

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It is not permissible to pay zakat to build him a house. It is permissible to buy him a water pump.

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