{"id":716,"date":"2013-09-27T12:38:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T12:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/v2\/?p=716"},"modified":"2014-09-27T12:41:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T12:41:42","slug":"daaim-ul-islam-zakaat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/misbah\/inthefatemilibrary\/daaim-ul-islam-zakaat\/","title":{"rendered":"Daaim al Islam: Zakaat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zakaat, the fourth pillar of Islam, seems the most difficult, the most challenging in that it is a test of sincerity, a test of conviction. Its benefits are felt in this world; its rewards are reserved for the hereafter. The Quran says, \u201cVerily, triumphant is he who gives zakaat\u201d. Rasulullah<sup>SA<\/sup>\u00a0has said, \u201cGiving zakaat wards off evil from a man\u2019s wealth\u201d. \u201cAny capital from which zakaat has been given will never suffer a loss\u201d. \u201cGiving zakaat does not decrease a man\u2019s wealth; just as refraining from giving zakaat does not add to his wealth\u201d. A law which modern economics will never comprehend! Amir ul mumineen<sup>AS<\/sup>\u00a0says, \u201cWhen Allah wishes to reward a mumin, he sends an angel to stroke his chest, so that he becomes generous enough to offer zakaat.\u201d\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Quran commands Rasulullah<sup>SA<\/sup>: \u201cTake zakaat from their wealth to cleanse and purify them. Pray for them, for your dua is their solace\u201d. This command is directed towards Rasulullah<sup>SA<\/sup>\u00a0and his progeny, the Imam, and the Dai al Mutlaq during the period of satar. Giving charity to the needy does not constitute zakaat; zakaat is the right of Awliyaullah<sup>AS<\/sup>. When Aqa Maula<sup>TUS<\/sup>\u00a0receives waajebaat from mumineen he showers them with pearls of dua mubarak: \u201cMay Allah bestow upon you plenty of barakaat. May your wealth multiply.\u201d The effect of this dua mubarak is evident in the financial prosperity of mumineen today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zakaat, the fourth pillar of Islam, seems the most difficult, the most challenging in that it is a test of sincerity, a test of conviction. Its benefits are felt in this world; its rewards are reserved for the hereafter. The Quran says, \u201cVerily, triumphant is he who gives zakaat\u201d. RasulullahSA\u00a0has said, \u201cGiving zakaat wards off &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empireuae.com\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}