Month: February 2020

Maah e Rajab Mubarak.
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‘Rajab’ ka ma’ana hai ‘Ta’azeem karna’.
Ahle Arab is mahine ki khaas ta’azeem kiya karte the.

Is ko ‘Al-Asab’ bhi kehte hain ya’ni Tez bahaav.
Is Maah e mubarak me Tauba karne waalo par Rahmat ka bahaav tez ho jaata aur Ibaadat karne waalo par Qubooliyat ke anwaar ka Faizaan hota hai.

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Is barkat wa rahmat aur fazeelat waale mahine me Shab e Me’araaj hai.
27wi Rajab ki mubarak raat me ALLĀH ta’ala ne apne Habeeb sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam ko Me’araj ata farmai aur aap ko La makaan ki us bulandi par bulaaya jis ka koi tasawwur bhi nahi kar sakta aur aap ko Rab ta’ala ne apna deedaar karaaya aur aap se kalaam kiya aur Mo’mino ke liye Namaaz ka tohfa ata farmaaya.

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Maahe Rajab ka chaand dekhkar Surah al-Ādiyaat padhen :

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَالْعَادِيَاتِ ضَبْحًا
فَالْمُورِيَاتِ قَدْحًا
فَالْمُغِيرَاتِ صُبْحًا
فَوَسَطْنَ بِهِ جَمْعًا
إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لِرَبِّهِ لَكَنُودٌ
وَإِنَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ
وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِ لَشَدِي
۞ أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِي الْقُبُورِ
وَحُصِّلَ مَا فِي الصُّدُورِ
إِنَّ رَبَّهُمْ بِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَخَبِيرٌ

Bismillāh ir-Rahmān ir-Raheem.
Wal-ādiyāti dab’ha.
Fal-mooriyāti qad’ha.
Fal-mogheerāti sub’ha.
Fa-aṡrna bihī naq’a.
Fa-wasatna bihī jam’a.
Innal insaana lirabbihī lakanoodu.
Wa innahū alā zālika lashaheedu.
Wa innahū lihubbil khayri lashadeedu.
Afalaa ya’alamu izaa bu’aṡiru maa feel quboor.
Wa hussila maa fees sudoor.
Inna rabbahum bihim yawma’izin lakhabeeru.

Phir ye masnoon dua padhen :
اللَّهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ علَيْنَا بِالأَمْنِ والإِيمَانِ وَالسَّلامَةِ والإِسْلامِ ، رَبّي ورَبُّكَ اللَّه ، هلال رشد وخير

Allāhumma ahillahu alayna bil amni wal eimaani was salaamati wal islaami Rabbee wa Rabbuk-Allāh hilaalu rushdin wa khayrin.

अल्लाहुम्म अहिल्लहु अलयना बिल अम्नि वल ईमानि वस्सलामति वल इस्लामि रब्बी व रब्बुकल्लाह हिलालु रुश्दिन व ख़ैरिन।

Tarjuma :
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Aye ALLĀH is chaand [mahine] ko hum par amn aur eimaan aur salaamati aur islaam ke saath , Tera Rabb aur mera Rabb ALLĀH hai, yeh chaand hidaayat aur khair waala ho.

Translation :
O Allāh, let this moon appear on us with security and faith with safety and Islaam. (O moon!) Your Rabb and mine is Allāh. May this moon be bringing guidance and good.

(Jaami Tirmizi, Jild -2, Hadeeṡ -1376 /Hasan;
Tabarani, Al-Mujam-ul-Awsat, Hadeeṡ -6241)

Phir Dua e Maahe Rajab-ul-Murajjab padhen :
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اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا في رَجَبٍ وَ شَعْبَانَ وَ بَلِّغْنا رَمَضَان

Allāhumma baarik lana fee Rajab wa Sha’abaan wa ballighna Ramadaan.

Tarjuma :
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Aye ALLĀH, Hume Maah e Rajab aur Sha’abaan ki barkate ata farma aur Maah e Ramazaan tak pahunchne me aasaani ata farma.

Translation :

O ALLĀH, Grant us blessings in the month of Rajab & Sha’abaan & make us reach safely the month of Ramazaan.

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Hadeeṡe Nabawi :

Hazrat Anas bin Maalik radiy-Allāhu ta’ala anhu se riwaayat hai ki :
Huzoor Rasool-Allāh sallallāhu alaihi wa sallam ne irshaad farmaaya
‘Jannat me ek naher hai jise Rajab kehte hain jo doodh se zyada safed aur shahed se zyada meethi hai. Jo maahe Rajab ke Roze rakhega ALLĀH ta’ala use is naher se shairaab karega.’

(Shoab-ul-Eimaan, 3/367)

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Maah e Rajab ke khaas din :
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1 Rajab – Yaum e Wilaadat Hazrat Imaam Muhammad Baqar Alaihis Salam (Madina Sharif, Saudia Arabia)
1 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Qutub-ud-deen Maudood Chishti rahmatullāhi alaihi (Chisht / Afghanistan);
1 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Peer Sayyed Mahmood Shaah Mohaddeeṡ Hazarwi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Havelian / Pakistan);
2 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Ghulaam Yaseen Shah-Jamali rahmatullāhi alaihi (Sandali, Dera Ghazi Khan / Pakistan);
2 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Shaah Ghulaam Muhammad Soofi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Durban / South Africa);
2 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Allama Abul Hasanaat Sayyed Mohammad Ahmad Qaadri rahmatullāhi alaihi (Lahore / Pakistan);
2 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Abdul Haleem Shaah Daatar Bhandaari rahmatullāhi alaihi (Ankleshwar, Gujarat);
3 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Imaam Sayyed Ali al-Haadi an-Naqi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Samarra / Iraq);
3 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Abdus Salaam Qaadri Jilani rahmatullāhi alaihi (Baghdad / Iraq);
3 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Haaji Noor-ud-deen Shareef Zandani rahmatullāhi alaihi (Qunooh / Syria);
3 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Maulana Mufti Taqaddus Ali Khan Razawi rahmatullāhi alaihi ();
5 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Hasan Basri rahmatullāhi alaihi (Basra / Iraq);
5 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Imaam-ul-Arus Sayyed Muhammad bin Ahmad Lebbai rahmatullāhi alaihi (Kilakari, Tamil Nadu);
6 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sultaan-ul-Hind Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaaz Moeen-ud-deen Hasan Chishti rahmatullāhi alaihi (Ajmer, Rajasthan);
6 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Makhdoom Mohammad Haashim Thatthawi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Thattha / Pakistan);
7 Rajab – Yaum e Urs Hazrat Makhdoom Muhammad Ali Chishty rahmatullāhi alaihi (Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh)
7 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Ain-ud-deen Shaami rahmatullāhi alaihi;
8 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Shams-ud-deen Tabrizi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Khoy / Iran);
8 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Faiz Muhammad Chishti Shah-Jamali rahmatullāhi alaihi (Sandali, Dera Ghazi Khan / Pakistan);
8 Rajab – Urs Hazrat Hazrat Shaheed Peer Mahmood Shaah Bukhari rahmatullāhi alaihi (Bhadiyad, Gujarat);
8 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hakeem e Millat Hazrat Hakeem Muhammad Ahmad Sahab Qadri Chishty rahmatullāhi alaihi (Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh)
9 Rajab – Yaum e Wilaadat Hazrat Ali Asgar bin Imaam Hussain Alaihi Salam (Karbala Sharif, Iran)
9 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Jamaal-ud-deen Faarooqi Uchi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Patan, Gujarat);
9 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Shaah Gada-ur-Rahmān Abbaas rahmatullāhi alaihi;
9 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sarkaar e Kalaan Allama Sayyed Shaah Muhammad Mukhtaar Ashraf al-Ashrafi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Kichhauchha, Uttar Pradesh);
10 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Moosā Suhaag rahmatullāhi alaihi (Ahmedabad, Gujarat);
11 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Makhdoom Shaah Mohammad Munem paak Chishti rahmatullāhi alaihi (Patna, Bihar);
11 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Abul Husain Ahmad-e-Noori Miyan Barkaati rahmatullāhi alaihi (Marehra, Uttar Pradesh);
11 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Shaah Ali Husain Ashrafi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Kichhauchha, Uttar Pradesh);
12 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Abbaas ibn Abdul Muttalib radiy-Allāhu ta’ala anhu (Madeena munawwara);
12 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Maqbool e aalam Sayyed Nizaam-ud-deen Mohammad rahmatullāhi alaihi (Ahmedabad, Gujarat);
12 Rajab – Yaum e Urs Hazrat Sidi Mubaarak Nob urfe Baava Gor rahmatullāhi alaihi (Ratanpur, Gujarat);
12 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Ashraf Chishti Sialwi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Pakistan);
13 Rajab – Yaum e Wilaadat Hazrat Ali al-Murtaza Alaihi Salam
13 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Imaam Tirmizi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Sherobod / Uzbekistan);
13 Rajab – Yaum e wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Sayyed Abu Yousuf Chishti rahmatullāhi alaihi (Chisht / Syria);
13 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Meer Sayyed Moosā Qaadri Jeelaani rahmatullāhi alaihi (Baghdad / Iraq);
14 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Ummul mo’mineen Hazrate Zainab binte Jahsh radiy-Allāhu ta’ala anha (Madeena munawwara);
14 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Ghaazi Sayyed Saalaar Mas’ood rahmatullāhi alaihi (Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh);
14 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Sayyed Hisaam-ud-deen Jigar sokhta Chishti rahmatullāhi alaihi (Sambhar, Rajsthan);
14 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Syyed Beg Mohammad urfe Shaah Bhikan rahmatullāhi alaihi (Ahmedabad, Gujarat);
14 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Ghaiban Shaah rahmatullāhi alaihi (Rajkot, Gujarat);
14 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Alaawan Shaheed rahmatullāhi alaihi (Motha, Gujarat);
15 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sayyeda Zainab binte Ali Salam un Aleha (Damascus / Syria);
15 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Imaam Ja’afar al-Saadiq Alaihi Salam (Madeena munawwara);
15 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Azeez rahmatullāhi alaihi (Aleppo / Syria);
15 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Sayyed Haaji Hud rahmatullāhi alaihi (Patan, Gujarat);
15 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Haaji Mohammad Jahaangeer rahmatullāhi alaihi (Ajmer, Rajasthan);
16 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Mohaddeeṡ e Aazam e Hind Sayyed Shaah Muhammad Ashrafi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Kichhauchha, Uttar Pradesh);
16 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Shams-ud-deen Ghaazi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Usmanabad);
16 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Ahmad Shaah Qaadri urfe Nagaarchi Peer rahmatullāhi alaihi (Jambur, Gujarat);
17 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Abdul Azeez urfe Urjun Shaah Suharwardi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Petlad, Gujarat);
18 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Shaikh Sayyed Sharf-ud-deen Hasan Mash’hadi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Bharuch, Gujarat);
18 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Makhdoom e Millat Hazrat Khwaja Wali Muhammad Rajshahi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Satawari, Haryana);
18 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sadr-ul-ulama Tehseen Raza Khan rahmatullāhi alaihi (Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh);
19 Rajab – Yaum e Urs Hazrat Sha Haroon Chishty rahmatullāhi alaihi (Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh);
20 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Ala-ud-deen Attaar rahmatullāhi alaihi (Jafaaniyan / Uzbekistan);
20 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Meer Sayyed Abdul Jaleel Bilgrami rahmatullāhi alaihi (Marehra, Uttar Pradesh);
21 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Ahmad bin Idrees al-Fasi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Sabya / South Africa);
21 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Abu Bakr Tusi urfe Matka Peer rahmatullāhi alaihi (Delhi);
21 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Qaazi Zia-ud-deen rahmatullāhi alaihi (Unnao, Uttar Pradesh);
21 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Maulana Mohammad Shafi Okarawi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Karachi, Pakistan);
22 Rajab – Niyaaz Imaam Jafar Sadiq (Alaihi Salam)
22 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Maulana Sayyed Deedaar Ali Shaah rahmatullāhi alaihi (Lahore / Pakistan);
22 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Shaah Jalaal-ud-deen Hammaad Qaadri urfe Ma’ashooq Rabbaani rahmatullāhi alaihi (Warangal, Andhra Pradesh);
22 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Aarif e Kamil Hazrat Molana Ismaile Sahab Rajshahi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Fareed Nagar, Uttar Pradesh);
23 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Imaam Shabaab-ud-deen Ahmad ibn Hajar Haithami rahmatullāhi alaihi (Makka mukarrama);
24 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Imaam Yahyā al-Nawawi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Nawa / Syria);
24 Rajab – Yaum e Urs Hazrat Khwaja Ala-ul-Haq Pandawi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Pandua, Bengal);
25 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Imaam Sayyed Moosā al-Kaazim (Alaihi Salam) (Kazimain / Iraq);
25 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Qaazi Ṡana’ullāh Panipati rahmatullāhi alaihi;
25 Rajab – Yaum e Urs Hazrat Jalaal-ud-deen Shaah Qaadri rahmatullāhi alaihi (Mumbai, Maharashtra);
25 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Shaah Abdul Azeez Soofi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Durban / South Africa);
26 Rajab – Shab e Mairaj
26 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Sayyed Fakhr-ud-deen Gurdezi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Ajmer, Rajashtan);
26 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad Abdullāh urfe Peer Baaro rahmatullāhi alaihi;
26 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Ali Chishti Tirmizi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Buner / Pakistan);
26 Rajab – Yaum e Urs Hazrat Sha Abdul Azeez Naqshbandi Almaroof Baba Baje Sha Sahab rahmatullāhi alaihi (Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh);
27 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Yousuf al-Hamadani rahmatullāhi alaihi (Merv / Turkmenistan);
27 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Baghdad / Iraq);
27 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Shaikh Sayyed Abu Saaleh Nasr rahmatullāhi alaihi (Baghdad / Iraq);
27 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Imaam Abu Yousuf rahmatullāhi alaihi (Baghdad / Iraq);
27 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Makhdoom Ala-ud-deen Ansaari urfe Laadle Masha’ikh rahmatullāhi alaihi (Aland, Karnataka);
27 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Peer Badr-ud-deen Badr-e-Aalam rahmatullāhi alaihi (Bihar);
27 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Jannan Shaah Tabrizi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Velan, Gujarat);
28 Rajab – Imaam Aali Maqam Imaam Hussain (Alaihi Salam) Ki Rawangi Madina Sharif Se, Karbala Sharif Ka Safar Shuru
28 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Malik Qutb-ud-deen Suharwardi rahmatullāhi alaihi (Ahmedabad, Gujarat);
28 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sharf-ud-deen Wilaayat Shaah rahmatullāhi alaihi (Karachi / Pakistan);
28 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Hasan Faqeeh rahmatullāhi alaihi (Patan, Gujarat);
29 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Khwaja Muhammad Abdullāh Bharchundi rahmatullāhi alaihi;
30 Rajab – Yaum e Wisaal Hazrat Imaam Shafi’i rahmatullāhi alaihi (Fustat / Egypt).

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ALLĀH ta’ala is Maah e mubarak me us ke Habeeb sallallāhu alaihi wasallam ke sadqe me aur Ahle bait aur Khwaja Ghareeb nawaaz rahmatullāhi alaihi aur Auliya Allāh ke waseele se
Sab ko mukammal ishq e Rasool ata farmae aur Sab ko hidaayat ata farmae aur Sab ke Eimaan ki hifaazat farmae aur Sahi tareeqe se zyada ibaadat karne ki taufiq ata farmae aur Hamare nek amal qubool farmae aur In buzurgaan e deen ko isaal e sawaab karne ki taufiq ata farmae aur Islaam ka bolbala ata farmae.
Aur Sab ko dunya wa aakhirat me kaamyaabi aur izzat ata farmae aur Sab ki nek jaa’iz muraado ko puri farmae aur Sab ko Ilm me, Amal me aur Rizq me barkat ata farmae.
Aur in baato ko yaad rakhkar us par amal karne ki aur dusro ko bataane ki taufiq ata farmae.
Aameen.

*Mahe Rajab Sharif Me Ahle Baith E Pak (Alaihimus Salam) Se Mansoob Khas Aaiyam :-*
1 Rajab :- Yaume Wiladat Hazrat Imaam Baqar (Alaihis Salam)
3 Rajab :- Yaume Shahadat Hazrat Imaam Ali Naqi (Alaihis Salam)
5 Rajab :- Yaume Wiladat Imaam Ali Naqi (Alaihis Salam)
9 Rajab :- Yaume Wiladat Hazrat Ali Asgar (Alaihis Salam)
10 Rajab :- Yaume Wiladat Hazrat Imaam Muhammad Taqi (Alaihis Salam)
13 Rajab :- Yaume Wiladat Mola_E_Kaynat Mola Imaam Ali (Alaihis Salam)
15 Rajab :- Yaume Shahadat Hazrat Imaam Jafar Sadiq (Alaihis Salam)
20 Rajab :- Yaume Wiladat Shezadiye Sakina Bint Hussain (Salam un Aleha)
22 Rajab :- Niyaz Imaam Jafar Sadiq (Alaihis Salam)
25 Rajab :- Yaume Shahadat Hazrat Imaam Musa Kazim (Alaihis Salam)
28 Rajab :- Rawangi Madina Hazrat Imaam Hussain (Alaihis Salam)

Islamic laws and rules for women paying Zakat 

♣ What is Zakat?

Zakat is third of the five pillars of Islam. Zakah is the obligatory charity should be paid by every adult and able bodied Muslim every year on his or hers wealth. It is a contribution paid once a year on savings of two and a half percent.  

♣ What is the importance of Zakat?

• ​The direct meaning of the word Zakah is ​​’purification’. Our possessions purified by paying Zakat.

• Zakaah does not only purify the property of the contributor, it also purifies his/her heart from selfishness and greed for wealth​.

•​  Zakat helps to demolish the poverty from Muslim society and helps to develop the society.

♣ In which year did Zakah become compulsory in Islam?

In Hijri 2, Zakat became compulsory in Islam.​ 

♣ What is the Islamic verdict for those who deny or refuse to pay Zakaah?

Zakaat is one of the Islamic duties and if anyone denies it or refuses to pay it or says that no needs to pay every year, then she will be considered as non-believer (Kaafir). If she accepts Zakat being fard but neglects this duty, then she will be termed as a Faasiq (Transgressor)​

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​♣ What are the benefits for giving Zakat?

1. Gaining of the pleasure of Allah

2. Increase in Wealth

3. Protection from losses

4. A cause is established for Allah’s forgiveness and blessings are obtained

5. Safety from calamities

6. Protection from the wrath of Allah and from a bad death

7. The Zakaah will provide a shelter on the Day of Judgement

8. Security from seventy misfortunes

9. It will serve as a shield from the fires of Jahannam

10. It contributes to Barakah in wealth

11. It saves from fear and grief

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♣ ​​​What are the punishments for those who not pay ​​​Zakah?

• Allah says in Al Quran:

“And there are those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of Allah , announce to them a most grievous penalty (when) on the Day of Qiyaamah heat will be produced out of that wealth in the fire of Jahannam, then with it they will be branded on their foreheads and their flanks and backs. (It will be said to them). This is the treasure which you hoarded for yourselves, taste then the treasure that you had been hoarding”.

Surah At Tawbah 9:34

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• ​Beloved Prophet ﷺ has said:

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1. “The nation that does not give Zakaah, Allah will bring about a drought on them (i.e. necessities of life will become scarce)”.

Book – Sahih al Bukhari

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2. “The person whom Allah has bestowed with wealth, who does not give Zakaah, on the Day of Qiyaamah, his wealth will be turned into a venomous bald serpent which will wind around his neck and bite his jaws and say: “I am your wealth, I am your treasure”.

Book – Sahih al Bukhari

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♣ On whom Zakah is compulsory (Fard)?

1. She is a Muslim

2. She is an adult

3. She is a sane person

4. She is a free person, not a slave

5. She owns wealth intended for trading to the value of Nisaab

6. ​The wealth should be fully owned

7. The wealth should reach the nisab (certain amount of wealth)

8. The wealth should be possessed by her for a complete lunar year except grains and fruits.

♣ What are the types of wealth on which zakat is fard?

1. Zakaah is Fardh on gold and silver.

​2. Zakaah is Fardh on the cash, equal to the value of nisaab of silver.

3. Zakaah is Fardh on merchandise for business, equal to the value of Nisaab.

6. Zakaah is Fardh on livestock.

7. Zakaah is Fardh on the income properties, if it is equal to the value of Nisaab.

8. Zakaah is Fardh on the income derived from a hiring business, such as crockery, motor cars, vans, trucks etc.

♣  What are the types of wealth on which Zakat is not Fard?

1. Zakaah is not Fardh on any other metal besides gold and silver. There is no Zakaah on diamonds, pearls and other precious or semi precious stones which are of personal use. ​​But if those are kept for business purposes, then Zakat has to be paid.

​For example: buying and selling gems and diamonds (Gem business, diamond business)

​​Zakaah is payable on the gold or silver used in making jewelery with diamonds, pearls, etc. There is no Zakaah on imitation jewelery.

​2. Zakaah is not Fardh on fixtures and fittings of a shop, motor car, truck or any delivery vehicle etc., which is used in running of a business.

​3. There is no Zakaah on any number of houses, living quarters, household furniture, crockery, personal clothing, whether they are in use or not. However, if they are used as merchandise for business, then Zakat has to be paid for them.

For example: buying and selling furniture, buying and selling land or building (real estate business), then Zakat has to be paid.

♣ Do we need to pay Zakat on ladies wearing gold jewelries?

According to Hanafi Fiqh, zakat has to be paid on wearing gold jewellery. However, according to Shafie Fiqh, no need to pay zakat on simply wearing jewellery.  ​​​

♣ What is the Nisaab for Gold, Silver and Cash?

If a person having the following items at the following quantity and if it reaches one year, then only he or she is entitled to pay Zakat.

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​Gold – 87.48 Grams

Silver – 612.36 Grams

Cash – Cash equal to the value of Silver (i.e. Cash value of 612.36 Grams of Silver)

♣  How much Zakat has to be paid?

Zakat has to be paid at the rate of 2.5%​ of each wealth.

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♣ What is the Niyyah (Intention) of Zakah?

It is Fardh to form a niyyat for the fulfilment of Zakaah. When giving Zakaah to a needy person, the niyyah should be that,

“I am giving this as Zakaah”. If the niyyah is not made the Zakaah will not be valid.

It is not necessary to reveal to the needy person to whom Zakaah is given that the cash or kind which is being given to him is Zakaah. When one has put aside an amount for Zakaah with the intention that he will give it to the needy, and at the time of giving Zakaah he forgets to make the niyyah, the Zakaah will still be valid.

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♣ To whom Zakat can be given?

​There are eight types of people only Zakat can be given.

1. FUQARAA: People who are poor and who possess more than their basic needs but do not possess wealth equal to Nisaab.

2. MASAAKEEN: People who are destitute and extremely needy to the extent that they are forced to beg for their daily food ration.

3. AL ‘AAMILEEN: Those persons who are appointed by an Islamic Head of State or Government to collect Zakaah. It is not necessary that this be a needy person (This is a wage).

4. MUALLAFATUL QULOOB: Those persons that have recently accepted Islam and are in need of basic necessities. Such person

would benefit from encouragement and assistance by the Muslims which would help strengthen their faith of Islam.

5. AR RIQAAB: Those slaves that are permitted to work for renumeration and have an agreement with their masters to purchase their freedom on payment of fixed amounts.

6. AL GHAARIMEEN: Those persons that have a debt and do not possess any other wealth or goods with which they could repay that which they owe. It is conditional that this debt was not created for any un Islamic or sinful purpose.

7. FISABILILLAH: Those persons that have to carry out a Fardh deed which has become obligatory on them and subsequently (due to loss of wealth) are unable to complete that Fardh.

8. IBNUS SABEEL: Those persons who are Musaafir (travelers in view of Shari’ah) and during the course of their journey do not possess basic necessities, though they are well to do at home. They could be given Zakaah in order to fulfill travel needs to return home.​

♣ Can we give Zakah to non-Muslims?

No, zakah cannot be given to non-Muslims.​​​

♣ Should Zakat be only given in the month of Ramadan?

No, Zakat will become compulsory when one’s wealth reaches one year and the nisab. If it passes one year, she should pay as soon as possible. She should not wait until Ramadan comes. Many tries to pay in Ramadan, since it is mentioned in hadith that it will be given 70 times rewards for one reward in Ramadan.

​​However,​ before Ramadan comes, the wealth can be stolen or lost due to any reasons. So she will not be able to fulfill her obligatory.

On the other hand, if before reaches one year of your wealth, Ramadan arrives. Then Zakat can be given in the Ramadan ​​​​in advance even the wealth did not reach one year old. 

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♣ Can we pay Zakat to Mosques and Islamic Madarasa?

No, we cannot pay to mosque, since it is not a person, it is a building. Zakat cannot be paid for building or building construction. Zakat cannot be paid to Madarasa as it is paying to building or Madarasa construction. But it can be paid to madarasa ​staffs or students who are in needy.

♣ Do we need to pay Zakat for our money which was given to someone as Loan?

Zakat has to be paid for the loans that we gave to others, provided we are confident that it is recoverable. For the bad debts (loans expected to be irrecoverable) ​​​no need to pay Zakat.

♣  Do we need to ​​pay Zakat for the advance money that we gave to house owner or landlord?

Yes, Zakat has to be paid for them.​

♣ Should Zakat be paid every year?

Yes, Zakat should be paid every year.​​​

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