Islam Guidance

Recommended (Mustahab) Zakat

Recommended (Mustahab) Zakat

Zakat is recommended in seven things:

 1.                  Wealth: That is the money collected by a person to use in business transactions.

 2.                  Rice, grams, lentil, Vetch etc. But there is no Zakat on vegetables like brinjals, cucumber, water melon or musk melon.

 3.                  Mare

 4.                  Jewellery and embellishment should be given to believers for temporary use.

 5.                  Hidden or buried treasure which cannot be spent. One year’s Zakat is to be paid on it, if the individual is capable of it.

 6.                  When in order to avoid paying Zakat a person disposes off his taxable limit. In such cases it is recommended for him to pay Zakat on the balance at the beginning of next year.

 7.                  Income from lease hold property like house, shop, orchard or public bath etc.

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