Explanation

• Zakat was made compulsory in 2. A.H. 7-1/2 is the nasab of gold and 52-half tolas for silver.
• Injunction of utilization of zakat is in Surah-al Tauba.
• Zakāt or "alms giving", one of the five Pillars of Islam, is the giving 2.5% of one's possessions  to charity, normally to the terrible and needy.
  

Explanation

Explanation

Explanation

If you have 7.5 tola/3 ounces/87.48 grams of gold or

52.5 tota/21 ounces/612.36 grams of silver or

its cash equivalent for a full lunar year,

then you are considered Sahib-e-Nisab and should pay Zakat 2.5%

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Explanation

• Ushr is a 10% tax on the harvests of irrigated land or harvest from rain-watered land and 5% on Land dependent on well water.
• Ushr is given after sowing the seeds when the agricultural produce appears.
  

Explanation

• Zakat is not permissible to be spent on the construction of a mosque.
• This is because it does not fit under any of the eight categories
• List of Head of Zakat

1. Al-Fuqara (The poor)

2. Al-Masakin (The needy)

3. Zakat collectors

4. Who converted to Islam

5. Freeing captives

6. Debtors

7. In the path of Allah

8. Wayfarer (Traveler)

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• Zakat became compulsory during the 2nd hijrah but its complete system was imposed in the year of 8th hijrah.

• The word Zakat occurs in the Holy Quran 32 Times

• The word Zakat is used in Makki Surahs 22 times

• Parents, Husband, wife and children are not entitled to get Zakat

Explanation

The ratio of Zakat to Nisab is 2.5%.

7.5 tola Gold

52.5 Tola silver

Explanation

Explanation

Explanation

• Jizya is a poll tax historically imposed on non-Muslims in Muslim states.
• In India, Qutb-ud-din Aibak was the first to impose Jizya.
• The tax was abolished by Mughal ruler Akbar in the 16th century but reintroduced by Aurangzeb in the 17th century.
• Kharaj was a land tax imposed on non-Muslim cultivators and landlords.