This book ‘Zakah According to Qur’an and Sunnah” is a work by Prof Muhammad Zulfiqar, which helps readers do away with numerous misunderstandings about Zakah. The verbal meaning if Zakah is ‘something what purifies’ and it has been declared as one of the five pillars of Islam. Covered in more than 24 verses, Islam declares Zakah as poor’s right.
What’s in it?
• Zakah’s Nisaab (Criteria)
• Is that payable on used jewelry?
• Whom to pay?
• Can it be paid to parents?
• Is Zakah payable on diamonds bought as part of savings?
• Can Zakah money be spent on building mosques?
• History of Zakah, Zakah on business, real estate etc.
The author has beautifully compiled the answers to these questions in light with fatwas and jurisdiction from renowned scholars making it more authentic book.
