It is stated in a Hadith: ‘Any wealth that is wasted in wetness and dryness is due to not paying Zakah.’ (Majma’-uz-Zawaid, vol. 3, p. 200, Hadith 4335)

In another Hadith, the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘If the money of Zakah is mixed with something, it will destroy it.’

(Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 3, p. 273, Hadith 3522)

Hakeem-ul-Ummah, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states, ‘There are two cases of money being mixed with Zakah: One is that the person upon whom Zakah is Fard pretends to be a poor person and takes Zakah from the people, increasing his own wealth. The second is that a person does not take out the amount of Zakah from his wealth that was required and keeps it with his wealth.’

(Mentioning a situation where wealth is destroyed, he states,) ‘Due to being mixed with Zakah, the blessings of all of the wealth come to an end, and the wealth will finish within a short period of time or an unexpected calamity will strike, due to which, all of the wealth will be lost. For example, an illness, a law-suit, robbery, burning or drowning.’ (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 3, p. 23)

Not giving Zakah causes collective harm

Those who do not give Zakah can face collective punishment. If we observe today, we are subject to many collective issues; there is expense which is increasing day-by-day, unemployment has become widespread, the intensity of heat is also at its peak, there is severe concern due to a lack of water; one possibility of the issues that we face can be Muslims not giving Zakah. Just as the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘Allah Almighty subjects the nation which does not pay Zakah to famine.’ (Mu’jam-e-Awsat, vol. 3, p. 275, Hadith 4577)

In another place, he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘When people stop giving Zakah, Allah Almighty withholds the rain; if there were no quadrupeds on the earth, then not even a single drop of water would fall from the skies.’

(Ibn-e-Majah, vol. 4, p. 367, Hadith 4019)

He is punished after death also

Not only do those who do not pay Zakah face difficulties and calamities in this world, rather, they will be made to face a terrifying punishment for it after their death also, just as the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: Whosoever left behind Kanz (Kanz refers to that wealth upon which Zakah has not been paid), it will be