The Zakat

The purifying alms — 3rd pillar of Islam

Main Quranic Proof

🟢 VERSET CORANIQUES.9 V.103 — At-Tawba

خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَا وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ إِنَّ صَلَاتَكَ سَكَنٌ لَّهُمْ

"Take from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them to grow, and invoke blessings upon them — your blessing is a reassurance for them."

🟢 VERSET CORANIQUES.2 V.177

وَآتَى الْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَىٰ وَالْيَتَامَىٰ وَالْمَسَاكِينَ

"And gives wealth, despite love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy."

Hadith of Mu'adh ibn Jabal

🔵 HADITH SAHÎHBukhârî n°1395 · Muslim n°19

إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَدَقَةً فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ تُؤْخَذُ مِنْ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ وَتُرَدُّ عَلَى فُقَرَائِهِمْ

"Allah has imposed upon them a zakat on their wealth, taken from their rich and given back to their poor."

Narrator : Ibn 'Abbâs (رضي الله عنهما) rapportant l'instruction du Prophète ﷺ à Mu'âdh ibn Jabal lors de son envoi au Yémen

Practical Rules

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Al-Hawl

Hold savings for 1 complete lunar year before calculation

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Nisab — Gold

Minimum 85 grams

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Nisab — Silver

Minimum 595 grams

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Rate: 2.5%

On savings, gold and silver

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Irrigated crops

10% (rain) · 5% (artificial)

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Prescribed in 2 AH

32 Quranic mentions

The 8 Categories of Recipients (S.9 V.60)

إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِمِينَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ

💰 Zakat

Obligatory (Fard) · Fixed rate · Nisab required · 1 year (Hawl)

🤲 Sadaqa

Voluntary (Mandub) · No minimum · At any time · To anyone

Hadith: "Charity does not diminish wealth." (Muslim n°2588, Abu Hurayra — Sahih)

💡 Did you know?

Zakat is mentioned 82 times in the Quran — including 32 times directly associated with Salat. Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali explains that Zakat purifies the soul from miserliness as water purifies the body. An accepted alms grows wealth rather than diminishing it.