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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 1, 2011 -- Zakat (Zakaah)
Praise be to Allah. We praise Him and seek His help and ask Him for His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our souls and from our sinful deeds. He whom Allah guides, no one can mislead and He whom He leaves astray none can guide. And we bear witness that there is no god except Allah who is alone and who has no partner and we bear witness that Sayyidina Muhammad is His servant and Messenger, may Allah bless him and his family and companions and may He favour him and give him peace a complete peace abundantly.

I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. In the Name of Allah the Compassionate, the Merciful.

"And those who hoard up gold and silver and expend it not in the way of Allah, so give them the glad tidings of a painful chastisement, on the day when it shall (all) be heated in the Fire of Hell, and there with their foreheads and their sides and their backs shall be branded, (saying), This is what you hoarded up for yourselves, so taste you now what you used to hoard up.” (At-Tawbah, 9:34-35)

I have believed in Allah. Allah, our Great Protector, has spoken the Truth and His Messenger, the noble Prophet, has spoken the Truth and we are witnesses over that and grateful. Praise belongs to Allah, Lord of the worlds.

Introduction
The gathering today has before it the subject of Zakah- There are a few days to the month of Ramadan and Muslims generally pay Zakah in this holy month. So, the time is opportune to discuss the importance of Zakah, its virtues and the necessary procedure and rules. This will enable us to pay Zakah properly.

Admonition for not paying Zakah

It is for this reason that I have quoted two verses of the Holy Quran. These verses speak of the serious warning that Allah has given to those people who do not pay Zakah on their assets as prescribed. Very strong words are used to warn them of the punishment. So, the Qur'an says, "Those who hoard up gold and silver and expend not in the way of Allah so (O Prophet) give them tidings, of a severe punishment." These are the people who continue to hoard their wealth, gold and silver and do not spend in the cause of Allah and do not fulfill the duties imposed on them by Allah so let them have the glad tidings of a painful punishment. Then, the next verse describes the kind of the painful punishment. This punishment will be awarded on the day when the gold and silver will be heated in the fir of Hell and with it the man's forehead, and his sides and back will be branded. And it will be said to him:

This is what you hoarded up for yourself so taste now what you used to hoard up. May Allah preserve all Muslims from this Punishment. Aameen

The fate of the people is described who store up wealth but fail to discharge their duties correctly. The warning is given not merely in these verses but it is given in other verses of the Qur'an too. For instance, we are told in Surah al Humazah.

Wo to every slanderer, defamer, who amasses wealth and counts it. He thinks that his wealth will make him live forever! Certainly not! He shall be thrown into the Hutamah. And what the Hutamah is? It is the fire kindled by Allah, which roars over the hearts, (al Humazah, 104:1-7)

He will be punished because of his wealth against which he did not pay the dues. The Hutamah is a fire kindled by Allah not by any man whose kindled fire can be extinguished by water or sand. The fire kindled by Allah will burn man's heart and liver (that is it will reach upto his heart and liver). This is a very grave warning. May Allah protect every Muslim from it. Aameen!

From where is the wealth coming

Why is such a strong warning given for not paying Zakah? It is to be considered first where one gets one's wealth from? Whether he is engaged in business, employment, agriculture or in other occupation, does he think that he amassed the wealth by his own effort? In fact, it is a system drawn up by Allah through which He provides livelihood to different people.

Who sends the customers?
A shopkeeper supposes that he has opened his shop and sells his merchandise and so earns wealth but he does not consider who sends customers to his shop. Suppose if no customer had visited him, would he have earned money? It is Allah who sends his customers and who has formed a system whereby each fulfils the need of the other. He prompts one to set up a shop and another to visit his shop.

An eye-opening event

I had an elder brother, Muhammad Zaki Kayfi, may Allah elevate his rank. He had a bookshop in Lahore, Idara Islamiyat. That shop is still in business. He told me once that very unique acts of Allah are witnessed in business. He cited an example of a morning when he woke up to see it rain heavily. Water had flooded the streets. He thought that it was better to stay home rather than open the shop because no one would buy a book especially a religious book. People generally put a religious book last on their list till everything else is bought and there is spare money. This is because books do not satiate the hungry nor do they quench the thirst. When one's needs are fulfilled and he has some money on hand he will prefer to buy a fiction or a novel.

However, my brother had lived with the religious-minded and had been with Mawlana Thanavi (rah) so he said to himself, "It is okay if no customer visits my shop but Allah made it a source of my livelihood so it is my duty to open it and wait. To get a customer to visit my shop is not my task; it is on someone else to send him to me. I must not lag behind in my duty whether it rains or there is flood." So, he took his umbrella and waded through water to his shop. He opened it and waited for his customers. Not expecting one, he opened the Qur'an and began reciting it. Hardly had he begun the recital when he saw some men in raincoats and holding umbrellas enter his shop to buy books and he wondered what had made them brave in the rain and floods to visit a bookshop. This happened all day and his sale that day was the same as his sale on a normal day. He then realised that the customers did not come on their own but were sent by someone because He has appointed his livelihood through his shop.

Distribution of labour is by Allah

It is a system organised by Allah that He sends customers to different people. No one else has distributed different tasks and business to different people. It is Allah who has put in the hearts of men that they should do different tasks and take up different occupations and businesses. Someone sells cloth, someone shoes, someone rice, someone utensils and so on. In this way everyone sees to the needs of the other. There has never been an intentional worldwide distribution of labour whereby everyone was asked to do something or the other. It has been an automatic, unplanned distribution of tasks. The result is that everything that is necessary is available in the market and there is a buyer for everything sold. In other words, a means of livelihood is available to different people. This system is orginised by Allah and it provides livelihood to different people.

Who grows food from the land

Whether one is engaged in a business, in farming or in an employment, He is Allah who really provides sustenance. Let us take agriculture for example. The farmer tends to the land and sows the seeds. He then irrigates the land but He is Allah alone who causes the seed to sprout. A seed which really is lifeless and weightless but it pierces the tough earth to make itself known. Its roots are very delicate, so much that even a child may undo them with his fingers but they are strong enough to tolerate the severity of the varying seasons and the winds. Passing different stages, the seed finally grows the fruit that is consumed by the people the world over. Allah alone brings these things to happen.

Man is not capable of producing anything
Therefore, whatever the means of income, man is on the earth to do a limited task and he does that but he is not able to cause anything to grow. He is Allah alone who produces what is necessary and grants it to mankind whatever man has is a blessing from Allah

To Allah belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. (Ai-Baqarah. 2:284)

The real master is Allah
After giving things to man, Allah also said to him, "You are the owner." Thus, He has said in Surah Yasin.

"Have they not seen that we have created for them - among the things which our hands have fashioned-cattle that they own." (Surah Yasin. 36:71) "I was the Real Owner but I made you the owners. So in the things that have come to your possession true right belongs to Me. Then spend in the way, I have commanded you." If a man spends in accordance with the commands of Allah then the rest of his possessions are lawful for him and blessings of Allah are on those possessions. If he does not give from his wealth what Allah has asked him to give then all of it is fire for him and he will experience the fire on the Day of Resurrection when he will be branded with it and told, "This is the wealth that you had amassed."

Only 2 1/2% is to be paid
If Allah had said, "Keep to yourself the 2 1/2% and spend in His way the rest 97 1/2% then that would have been just because all really belongs to Him and is granted by Him. But He is Merciful to His slaves and asked them to retain the bulk share of 97 1/2% and spend in His way only 2 1/2% because man is inclined towards possession. The 97 1/2% will then become lawful and pure; it may be spent on his lawful personal needs.

Emphasis on Zakah

The 2 1/2% is zakah. The Quran has said about it. And establish the Salah, and pay the Zakah. (al-Baqarah, 2:43)

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