How much Zakat do I pay using quran alone?
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Peace to all
wel lies exposed, i can be considered a Quranite and I try to give as much as I can every payday, I dont usually calculate it to a percentage, I just see how much I have left after I pay a few bills and buy a few necessities, if I have enough to make it to next pay day I will usually give away about 50 $ cash to someone in my community that i think needs it most. I started doing this a couple years ago and gave mostly to the elderly, recently ive been giving to the younger adults who are trying to start and raise a family. I just pay attention to my community and if i hear a story about someone going through a hard time for some reason I will usually go to them and give them whatever I have available at the time. They seem to really appreciate it, even though it may only help them very little in the long run, but just imagine if alot of us were doing this, there would be alot less suffering and sadness in the world.
Kurt
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Peace be upon you,
Yes, that would be the excess, just as this teaching(quran) instructs. Sunnis pay 2.5% because they dont understand the message and are blindly following the footsteps of those who dont know this message. All one has to do is look at the verses containing sadaqa and look at the verses containing zakaat to get the proper understanding of the situation. It is only after one has done the WORK that one can see clearly. We cannot be like those who wait around to be fed the information, we have to do the work. We have to exert energy at this, not sit by passively.
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Peace to all
wel lies exposed, i can be considered a Quranite and I try to give as much as I can every payday, I dont usually calculate it to a percentage, I just see how much I have left after I pay a few bills and buy a few necessities, if I have enough to make it to next pay day I will usually give away about 50 $ cash to someone in my community that i think needs it most. I started doing this a couple years ago and gave mostly to the elderly, recently ive been giving to the younger adults who are trying to start and raise a family. I just pay attention to my community and if i hear a story about someone going through a hard time for some reason I will usually go to them and give them whatever I have available at the time. They seem to really appreciate it, even though it may only help them very little in the long run, but just imagine if alot of us were doing this, there would be alot less suffering and sadness in the world.
KurtPeace,
Respectfully.Oh my God. That's what i was saying all this time, bro. I always say that if a lot of us were doing this, standing up for others, helping them with little things, the society would take a better turn and survive.
My former boss even asked me what's the point for helping those girls who sell their bodies for cash and i usually answer, well, one person can't help them, but people can. One person can't do much in any project but when there's a group, AlhamdilAllah, then a solution is possible, God willing.But i am careful when giving because people can also abuse this rule and pretend not to have means to survive so i make sure that i give them what they really need and in a way that they will surely use it and won't be able to exchnage the help for something sinful or harmful.
Glor ybe to our God.
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Salam,
There are two factors to consider in the zakat/giving question
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Zakat. As people have correctly pointed out is the
excesswhich leaves the time and amount open for each person as per his/her means as well as circumstances. -
Tax. This is fixed at 20% of your net earnings to be paid as you receive your income to the state (assuming there is such a state).
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The quran clearly states how much we are to contribute.
Just know that 1/5 of what you profit shall go to God and the messenger, and the relatives, and the orphans, and the poor, and the wayfarer." You will do this if you believe in God and in what We revealed to Our servant on the day of the Criterion, the day the two armys clashed. God is able to do all things. 841
Mr. Wallace
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So, why have the sunni's invented the once a year zakat thing? Quran says on the "day of harvest" meaning when you actually get food/income. Have the sunni's invented this to be a once a year day and call it Eid al-fitr? Such a stupid satanic innovation. Those poor people need it frequently, not once a freaking year.
As for how to know the amount, zakat is the obligatory charity set as 2.5% of the net income, paid year around whenever the person receives an income. It is described in the Quran as a known and obligatory portion of the income. God will not call it known if it was not.
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There is no such thing as 2.5% zakat in The Quran.
There is no % zakat in The Quran.
There is no zakat = give the excess, in The Quran.
There is no clear zakat=charity in The Quran.
I strongly recommend studying the occurrences of the word, and related topics and words. It is so easy to do, it is simply a matter of time/effort/sincerity/etc.
Articles such as the following are a disgrace, full of lies/distortion http//www.submission.org/ramadan/zakat.html
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They ask thee what they should spend (In charity). Say Whatever ye spend that is good, is for parents and kindred and orphans and those in want and for wayfarers. And whatever ye do that is good, -Allah knoweth it well.
2219...and they ask thee how much they are to spend; Say "What is beyond your needs." Thus doth Allah Make clear to you His Signs In order that ye may consider-
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There is no such thing as 2.5% zakat in The Quran.
There is no % zakat in The Quran.
There is no zakat = give the excess, in The Quran.
There is no clear zakat=charity in The Quran.
I strongly recommend studying the occurrences of the word, and related topics and words. It is so easy to do, it is simply a matter of time/effort/sincerity/etc.
Articles such as the following are a disgrace, full of lies/distortion http//www.submission.org/ramadan/zakat.html
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Shahada not in quran
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5x salaat not in quran
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30days fasting not in the quran
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hajj to mecca not in the quran
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2.5% zakat not in quran
is there anything Islamic in Quran?
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Shahada not in quran
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5x salaat not in quran
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30days fasting not in the quran
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hajj to mecca not in the quran
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2.5% zakat not in quran
is there anything Islamic in Quran?
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What bull...
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Again, what bull.
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Pretty sure it mentions the "month" of fasting which is 30 days or around that amount.
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"Pilgrimage to the house of Allah" = take a trip to Mecca ;D
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Although it calls it a known amount. We'll go by God's words. If it's not known, he would not have called it so. It's an Arabic (rub' ushr) or one quarter of one tenth. This was perserved since Abraham pbuh.
What's sunni is the stupid barbaric treatment of people, especially women, and the stupid invented laws like you can't draw, dance, or watch tv. nope
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Peace everyone,
Leave alone those who claim that Zakat does not mean obligatory charity but only purification. They only follow their conjecture in this matter but not the truth just like they claim Salat to mean contact/assembly/meditation,etc but not ritual worship.
The present Quran does not say any rate to calculate the amount of Zakat. But the rate at which Zakat has to be calculated must have been clearly mentioned in the original Quran because it is clearly mentioned in the Torah. As per the Torah, Zakat is to be given at 10% on all incomes. So it is for Muslims too because Salat and Zakat are the universal laws ie common commandments in all revealed religions.
Yours truly,
K.Vivekanandan
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Peace everyone,
Leave alone those who claim that Zakat does not mean obligatory charity but only purification. They only follow their conjecture in this matter but not the truth just like they claim Salat to mean contact/assembly/meditation,etc but not ritual worship.
The present Quran does not say any rate to calculate the amount of Zakat. But the rate at which Zakat has to be calculated must have been clearly mentioned in the original Quran because it is clearly mentioned in the Torah. As per the Torah, Zakat is to be given at 10% on all incomes. So it is for Muslims too because Salat and Zakat are the universal laws ie common commandments in all revealed religions.
Yours truly,
K.Vivekanandan
Its funny there is an original Quran but no original Torah....hmm.
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Thanks for the replies.
Does this mean that 2.5% zakat isn't required? It can be 1%?
3180 Those who are stingy with what God has given them of His bounty should not count that it is good for them; no, it is evil for them. They will be surrounded by what they were stingy with on the day of Resurrection. To God will be the inheritance of the heavens and the earth; and God is Ever-aware of what you do.
437 Those who are stingy and order the people to stinginess, and they conceal what God has given them from His bounty. We have prepared for these ingrates a painful retribution.
So, dont be stingy - keep a balance
2567 Those who when they give they are not excessive nor stingy, but they are in a measure between that.
To whom does charity go?
2215 They ask you what they should spend, say, "What you spend out of goodness should go to your family and the relatives and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer. Any good you do, God is fully aware of it."
1726 Give the relative his due, and the poor, and the wayfarer; and do not waste excessively.
How much?
2219 ...They ask you how much are they to give, say, "The excess." Thus, God clarifies for you the signs that you may think.
When?
6141 He is the One Who initiated gardens; both trellised and untrellised; palm trees, and plants, all with different tastes; and olives and pomegranates, similar and not similar. Eat from its fruit when it blossoms and give its due on the day of harvest; and do not waste. He does not like the wasteful.
Basically, you decide how much you give. But remember, do not be stingy. Personally, I think 1% is stingy. Dont be excessive either, keep a balance which benefits the needy, but doesnt harm you.
Peace
