RULING AND CONDITIONS OF ZAKAT

*RULING AND CONDITIONS OF ZAKAT*

⭕Today's Question no. 1327⭕

A. What is the ruling regarding giving Zakat?

B. What are the farz (compulsory) conditions for Zakat?

🔵 Answer 🔵

A. Zakat is farz (compulsory) in accordance with Quran and Hadith of Prophet Muhammad sallalahu alaihi wasalam. Person who denies its compulsion is Kafir.

B. There are seven conditions for Zakat to be farz. 1. Being Muslim 2. Free (not slavery) 3. Aaqil (mentally stable) 4. Adult (balig) 5. To be in possession of nisab (holder) 6. The possession should be in excess and not in debt 7. One year since the possession are in his ownership. Kafir, slave, mentally ill and young (not adult) are exempted from paying Zakat.
In the same way, if his possession are less then nisab or if it is equal to it and in debt, or if it is in his possession for less than a year, zakat is not farz in all such conditions.

📘TALEEMUL ISLAAM 4/118

And Allah swt knows best.

✏Mufti Imran Ismail Memon Hanfi Chisti.

Ustaze Darul Uloom, Rampura, Surat, Gujarat, India.