The Third Pillar-Zakah Flashcards
1
Q
What are Muslims expected to do every year?
A
give a certain amount of money to charity
2
Q
What can the money Muslims give be used for?
A
building hospitals as well as direct help for poorer Muslims.
3
Q
What is the money given called?
A
Zakah (sometimes Zakat)
4
Q
How much does the amount of money given add up to in a percentage?
A
2.5% - which a Muslim has received. (Doesn’t include money spent on food and clothes)
5
Q
What is Zakah thought of as being?
A
An offering to Allah, all Muslims are expected to give it.
6
Q
What would not giving Zakah mean?
A
Muslims are not doing there duty to poorer Muslims and they were cheating Allah
7
Q
What does Zakah mean?
A
giving money to people who are poor or in need
