General rules of zakat

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The status of zakat, its wisdom, the one who withholds it, ownership of wealth, the conditions of obligation and the rules of the nisab.

Sources and references

• Coran 9:60
• Coran 9:103
• Mawsu'at al-fiqh

Other pages of this pillar

• Wealth subject to zakat: types, nisabs and rates
• The nisab and the rate of zakat
• Zakat on gold, silver and savings
• Zakat on commercial goods
• Zakat al-fitr
• The 8 categories of zakat recipients
• To whom not to give zakat
• Livestock zakat: camels, cattle and sheep
• Zakat of crops and fruits
• Sadaqa: voluntary charity and its virtues
• Zakat on modern monies: salaries, accounts and cryptocurrencies
• Zakat on receivables and debts
• Giving zakat abroad and to one's family
• Zakat on mines and treasures
• Paying zakat: advance payment, delay and agents
• Sadaqa jariya: charity flowing after death

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