Dr. Zakir: Whenever Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) prescribes anything in the Qur’an but natural it has certain wisdom and many reasons and there are various verse in the Qur’an, in the Hadith in which Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala) and His messenger has given this wisdom for Zakaat.
No. 1 is to perfect ones faith as our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said that Zakaat makes your faith perfect and as I mentioned earlier that it is one of the pillars of Islam and our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihe wa sallam) said in
Sahih Bukhari Vol. no. 1 in the Book of Faith Hadith no. 8 that
“Islam is based on 5 pillars. The first is to say that there is no God but Allah and Prophet Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah
No. 2 establishing of Salaah
No. 3 is giving of Zakaat
No. 4 is performing Hajj
No. 5 is fasting in the month of Ramadhaan”
So it makes our faith perfect.
No. 2 reason for Zakaat is that it purifies or cleanses our wealth. As one of the meanings of Zakaah is to purify, to clean. So it cleans our wealth form impurities and therefore it makes Halaal for us.
No. 3 is, it increases as the Prophet said its mentioned in
Sahih Muslim Vol. no. 4 (Book of Birr) Hadith no. 6264 that
“Charity does not decrease your wealth.”
Actually it increases your wealth and Zakaat prevents you from calamity, saves you from loss in fire, various other things. So indirectly it increases your wealth and one of the meanings of Zakah is also blessings and goodness
So Point no. 4 Zakaat brings blessings of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta’ala)
Point no. 5 is that, it cleanses your character, it makes your character better, it prevents you from being a miser and it makes you a generous person.
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