Zakat Beneficiaries | MCQs

Explanation

 Surah Al-Tawba, there are eight categories of people (asnaf) who qualify to benefit from zakat funds.

Allah has clearly mentioned the masarif of zakat and sadaqah in Quran in these words:

اِنَّمَا الصَّدَقٰتُ لِلْفُقَرَآءِ وَالْمَسٰکِیْنِ وَالْعٰمِلِیْنَ عَلَیْھَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَۃِ قُلُوْبُھُمْ وَ فِی الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِمِیْنَ وَفِیْ سَبِیْلِ اللّٰہِ وَابْنِ السَّبِیْلِ ؕ فَرِیْضَۃً مِّنَ اللّٰہِ ط وَاللّٰہُ عَلِیْمٌ حَکِیْمٌ۔

Explanation

The Arabic term sadaqa (plural: sadaqaat) is used in the Quran to denote the funds meant to assist the poor and the contributions collected by the Islamic Authority to be spent for the purposes defined in the Quran.