Zakat is a specfic amount of money or goods obliged on specific categories of wealth at specific times
Types of Wealth on which Zakat is Obliged
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Preconditions of zakat
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| Being Muslim |
| Nisab (the minimum amount) |
| Owning the wealth for a lunar year (except crops) |
Lack of debts which would reduce the wealth below the nisab |
| Intention to pay it |
| Payment of it |
| Distribution of it |
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Categories in which zakat is distributed
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| The poor and the very poor |
| Zakat Collectors |
| Those in debt |
Travellers who find themselves in difficult circumstances |
| Freeing slaves |
| Reconciling hearts |
| In the Way of Allah |
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