Usher | MCQs

Explanation

Zakat and Usher ordinance was promulgated on 20 June 1980 

It applied to all of Pakistan and all Muslim citizens. 

The Zakat and Ushr system has seen amendments and updates over time, including the Punjab Zakat and Ushr Act of 2018. 

Explanation

Explanation

No ushr is paid  is paid when crop is destroyed in disaster 

Crop destruction is the deliberate destruction of crops or agricultural products to render it useless for consumption or processing.

It can be made by burning, grinding, dumping into water, or application of chemicals.

Explanation

Ushr shall be collected in cash, except in case of wheat or paddy, for which, Ushr, at the option of the Council, may be collected in kind.

Explanation

Usher and Khums are Two kinds of Tax in Islam

"Usher" means: one-tenth 

Khums means "one-fifth or 20%"

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Explanation

The term has also been used for a 10% tax on merchandise imported from states that taxed the Muslims on their products.

Caliph `Umar ibn Al-Khattāb was the first Muslim ruler to levy ushr.

Explanation

An individual land owner shall be exempt from the compulsory levy of Usher according to section 5 of the Zakat and Ushr ordinance 1980

if the production from his land is less than 948 kilograms of wheat 

Explanation

The procedure relating to recovery of Usher in case of Non payment under section 17 has been laid down in Zakat and Usher rules 1980 

Explanation

Zakat and Usher Ordinance can be challenged in the civil court

Explanation

Kharaj is a type of individual Islamic tax on agricultural land. Tax on agrarian land owned by non-Muslim

The kharaj initially denoted a lump-sum duty in the 7th century.

In the 7th century, kharaj was synonymous with jizyah, which later emerged as a per-head tax.
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