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Zakat in Islam What is Zakat Who has to pay Zakat Who is supposed to receive Zakat Amounts & Minimums Causes & Beneficiaries Zakat Q&A Amounts & Minimums It is an obligation on Muslims to pay 1/40th (2.5%) of the wealth which they have had for a full lunar year, 2.5% of goods used for trade, and 5% or 10% of certain type of harvests depending on irrigation. Exempt from Zakat are a person's house and personal transportation. Zakat is not mandatory on harvest if the total did not reach the minimum limit of about 653 kilograms, nor on gold amounts if the owner has less than 85 grams or silver less than 595 grams Causes & Beneficiaries In the Qur'an, God Revealed the beneficiaries of zakat: "Alms are only for the poor and the needy, and the officials (appointed) over them, and those whose hearts are made to incline (to truth) and the (ransoming of) captives and those in debts and in the way of Allah and the wayfarer; an ordinance from Allah; and Allah is knowing, Wise." [Qur'an 9:60] People whose hearts are to be reconciled include (normally new Muslims or those close to becoming Muslim. Non-Muslims cannot be included): Freed slaves Those heavily burdened with paying their debts Travelers who find themselves in difficult circumstances There have been cases where you can't pay zakat for Traditional zakaat laws generally do not cover trade. It is not permissible to pay zakaat to some members of the family (i.e. grandparents, parents, spouses, children), for if they were needy or poor, they are under the custody of the eligible man, while Zakat is intended for public welfare. Zakat doesn't become obligatory on a Muslim if he doesn't have a minimum amount in his possession that has remained unchanged for a whole lunar year; any increase in that money during the year waits for the following year and any decrease as long as the total amount is still above the minimum amount is exempted. In all the four recognised madhabs the fiqh of Zakat [3] is very much the same with the key elements that make Zakat compulsory for an individual being: Islam, Freedom, the Nisab, Ownership and a Year's Possession. Zakah is a form of payment, which has the spiritual development of the believer. Therefore, it should not be looked at as being only an economic duty..

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