How much Zakat do I pay using quran alone?
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What do you mean bringing out betterment??
What is it exactly??
Sadaqa is betterment! Why the separation?http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9598902.0
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Peace,
22 This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those fearing (Almuttaqiyn)
23 Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and of what We have provided for them, they spend () it2219
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And they ask you what they should spend ()?"The Excess"
OMG that is clear!
or, according to some other translations, spend
"That which is beyond your needs."
"that which is superfluous."
"What is beyond your needs."
"What you can spare."
"Liberality (Or clemency)" ???Zakat or not zakat, spend the excess (to those we're told to spend to/for -- 2177, 2215)
Those who want a little part of the world will be & (no way, the excess? What if it's too much? Oh but i need more... What if i just spare no excess? &
Those who want to be Almuttaqiyn will follow it by heart spend the excess ! pr group
One gold bar, one thousand gold bars, one million gold bars -- if it's the excess then spend it.
OK. That's settled. Infaq/sadaqat/charity spend the excess.
Now let's get back to "zakat". If it's no more a matter of "how much to pay", then simply "how"
How do i ?
Peace,
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If you spend the excess, you can't save any money so you can never collect a fortune.
Hoarding of wealth will lead to punishment.
934 O you who believe, many of the Priests and Monks consume people's money in falsehood, and they turn away from the path of God. And those who hoard gold and silver, and do not spend it in the cause of God, give them news of a painful retribution.
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Peace,
Still you didn't explain what Zakat is. You explained Sadaqa.
Peace.
Zakat is self-growth, development, betterment. This can be achieved through the salat/bond, for example.
919 Successful is the one who betters/develops/purifies (zakaha) it (the nafs).
Alternatively "...the one who makes it flourish."9110 And failing is the one who hides/burries it.
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If you spend the excess, you can't save any money so you can never collect a fortune.
Hoarding of wealth will lead to punishment.
934 O you who believe, many of the Priests and Monks consume people's money in falsehood, and they turn away from the path of God. And those who hoard gold and silver, and do not spend it in the cause of God, give them news of a painful retribution.
It's getting clearer to me that we have, with Quran, a system that promotes collective financial interdependence and not individual financial independence.
Peace,
Zakat is self-growth, development, betterment. This can be achieved through the salat/bond, for example.
919 Successful is the one who betters/develops/purifies (zakaha) it (the nafs).
Alternatively "...the one who makes it flourish."9110 And failing is the one who hides/burries it.
Those are still applicable with charity.
Peace
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salam
I thought that zakat meant justification or is that the same thing as purification.
can some body please help me out with this.Salam
zakat = betterment/development/growth/flourish/etc.
See PRL for more info.When "ata zakat" ("bring forth/produce the zakat" is used, it refers to self-growth (related to growth/betterment/etc.).
Also read http//www.free-minds.org/zakat and http//free-minds.org/forum/index.php?topic=9598902.0
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I'm a bit confused. Sunnis and shias pay 2.5% zakat every year. How much do quranites pay?
Salaam
If you can afford to give more than 2.5 percent of your salary, do you think God would be pleased if you do not give more?
If you cannot afford to give more than 2.5 percent of your salary, would God be pleased if you give 2.5 percent anyway and starve yourself, fall behind on your necessary bills (rent etc.) or starve your family?
