Dear brothers and sisters,
Assalamualeikum. We are now in the third week of Ramadan. It is best to pay off our zakat in this blessed month as huzur akram [s:] had paid charity , sadagha in this month much more than anyother months.It is said that if an eligible muslim does not pay zakat then his salat will not be accepted because zakat can protect and bring completeness of the salat of a eligible person. However Allah knows better. Zakat actually removes social and economic inequalities and mitigate sufferings and hardships of the poor and needy and make the relationship stronger in the community.Allah has mentioned about salat and jakat in sura ‘muzzammel’ such as ‘wakimussalata wa tuz zakat’—and establish salat and offer zakat. As this sura was revealed in early stage of islam it is perceived people started paying zakat from that time, but as the nesab amount or rate of payment of zakat was not fixed yet people used to pay as per their will from the money saved out of their expenditure for their families for the whole year.The nesab amount was decided after hizra when huzur[s:] migrated from mecca to medina and all rules and regulations with respect to zakat and fitra were framed after the battle of Mecca. An accuracy must be maintained in the calculation of zakat otherwise it will be considered as charity.Allah made covenant that if eligible person offer zakat for the pleasue of Allah then He would increase that person’s wealth [sura rum, 39 ayat] However inspite of the guaranty that Allah gives, if anyone consider zakat as a penalty to pay and that he would render poor then Allah warns severe chastisement on the day of reconing will be established.Allah reveals in sura Tauba ,ayat 34-35 —-الذين يقنزؤالذحب والفضت ولاينفقون فسبيل الله فبشرةم
بعذاب اليم يؤم يهمئ عليح فنر جةنم فتكوئ بح جبا حهم وجنوبهم وظهورهم هزاما كنزتم لانفسكم فذوقواما كنتم تكنزون
There are those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in the way of Allah: announce unto them a most grievous chastisement on the day when it will be heated in the fire of hell and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs,–‘this the [treasure] which you hoarded for yourselves: taste you then the [treasures] you hoarded’. However if zakat is due for any year in the past then that should be cleared of. Zakat holders should approach the poor instead they approach to them for receiving zakat, this is actually the Islamic system.
Zakat and income tax: Zakat is also an income tax taken out from our pockets.But there is difference of objectives between these two. Zakat is exclusively meant for poor people,the recipients of jakat are: poor who is not a sahibe nisab 2.a destitute 3. Needy person 4.who is in one’s debt 5. A traveler who exhausted his all money while the tax that is collected from us are used in constructing buildings , roads and highways, bridges etc. depending on the plans and policies where everybody rich and poor have equal share, this is as simple as that. However there is no reason to think as we are paying taxes every year there is no need to pay any zakat . Allah has ordened to pay zakat.
All the hindu , muslim, christen brothers and sisters , families irrespective of cast and creed in our community are welcome tomorrow Sunday, 3 june,2018. There are meat, chicken and lots of salads for you to entertain in the menu.
We look forward to welcome you on 3 rd and 10 th june,2018 respectively.
Kind Regards,
Nazmul Ahsan
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