Ramadhan Special - 27 Rule: Zakat money cannot be used in assisting the dead (buying Kafan, burial etc.) or for building a Masjid because this would not make the person the owner. If you want to spend money on things like helping the dead or building the Masjid then the method of doing this is to give the money to a poor person and then the poor person spends the money for these causes as this would mean both parties would gain reward. It is stated in the Hadith that if the money of Sadqa passes through one hundred hands then every person would gain as much reward as the first person who gave the money and there would be no decrease in the reward [Radd-ul-Mohtar, Bahar, Qazi Khan]. Rule: It is not necessary when giving Zakat to say to the poor that this is Zakat as only the intention is sufficient. If you gave the Zakat by saying that this is a gift for you or it is a present for your children or Eid money and the intention is that you are giving Zakat, then the Zakat will count. The reason for this is because there are many poor people that feel ashamed in taking Zakat and therefore you should not tell them that you are giving Zakat to them [Bahar]. Rule: If a person owns one thousand pounds but he decides to give Zakat for two thousand pounds and makes the intention that if I have that much amount at the end of the year then this Zakat will be for this year and if not then the excess money will go towards next year, then this is allowed [Alamgiri, Bahar]
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 01:13:22 +0000
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