hello my name is Deniz im new to this forum. ex sunni im now just is muslim (submitter) and i wondering on what is zakat and hows the best way to do it.
i recently have been giving my excess money to salvation army and other places which help people but my people are telling me dont help them they are kaffir -.- i see it as if they are human and need help.
another question of mine is would sponsoring a child in a poor country counted as zakat ?
cheers and looking forward to peoples responses may Allah be with you this ramadan )

well zakat is the fifth pillar of imman. so you can pay zakat from your excess money, when you pay zakat you should find muslim poor landless,helpless people not other religion people. my advice if so much confuse about zakat. in this bellow i visit here
http// www.irf.net/
http//www.myhajjpackage.co.uk
http//www.zakirnaik.net
http//www.mercymissionworld.org