Course: Zakat Fundamentals: Exploring Objectives and Wealth Classification

Week 3 has been an eye-opening journey into the vast array of wealth and property that falls under the umbrella of Zakat. We’ve learned that Zakat extends beyond financial charity …

The Arabic root word of zakat is zaka which means “purification”, “increase,” “growth”, “blessings”, and “betterment”. Linguistically zakat is defined as purity and increment, meaning that zakat purifies and increases …

Since Riba has been prohibited in Islam and has been replaced with different alternative financial tools in Islam, zakat is one of socio financial tools to eliminate Riba from Muslim …