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Blessings of Zakat
beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. In verse 43 of Surah Al-Baqarah part 1, Allah Almighty has stated:
وَ اَقِیْمُوا الصَّلٰوةَ وَ اٰتُوا الزَّكٰوةَ
And establish the prayer, give zakat, [1]
Regarding this blessed verse, Allamah Mufti Sayyid Muhammad NaꜤīm al-Dīn Murādābādīرَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه has stated in Khazāˈin al-ꜤIrfān: The obligation of Salah and Zakat has been mentioned in this verse.
Dear Islamic brothers! Zakat is one of the pillars of Islam. The Messenger of Allahصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated: Islam is based on five things:
1. To testify that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Almighty, and Muhammad (صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم) is His Messenger,
2. to offer Salah,
3. to pay Zakat,
4. to perform Hajj,
5. to keep the fasts of Ramadan. [2]
Zakat and Salah have been mentioned together 32 times in the Holy Quran, such is their significance and importance. [3]
Dear Islamic brothers! No matter how economically developed a country is, it always has a class [of people] that live in poverty due to various reasons. Allah Almighty has assigned the responsibility of financially supporting such people to the wealthy. By making Zakat obligatory on the wealthy, Allah Almighty has made the weak and poor people of society eligible to financial support through
BOOK TOPIC
- Blessings of Zakat
- Excellence of Salat upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- Speech intentions
- Bad end of Qārūn
- Obligation of Zakat
- Importance of Zakat
- 1. Source of completion of Iman
- 2. Divine mercy
- 3. Becoming righteous
- 4. The path of success
- 5. Allah helps the one who gives Zakat
- Some further benefits of giving Zakat
- The Companions and their passion for giving Zakat
- Encouragement to perform ‘IꜤtikāf
- Encouragement to give donations
- Weekly Gathering - one of the 12 Religious Works
- The Sunan and etiquettes of IꜤtikāf
- 1. The ṣalāt for the night preceding Friday
- Announcement
- The six ṣalawāt and two duꜤās recited in the Sunna-inspired weekly gatherings of Dawat-e-Islami
- 2. All sins forgiven
- 3. Seventy portals of mercy
- 4. The reward of 600,000 ṣalāt
- 5. Nearness to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم
- 6. The ṣalāt of intercession
- 1. Good deeds for 1000 days
- 2. An easy way to spend every night in worship
- The remaining Sunan and etiquettes of IꜤtikāf
- Schedule for the Halqahs [learning sessions] of the weekly Ijtima’ (overseas), 26th February 2026
- Du’a before entering the masjid
- Method of collective accountability (72 Pious Deeds)
- Method of collective accountability (72 pious deeds) daily 56 pious deeds
- Record of qufl-e-Madinah
- Ten weekly pious deeds
- Three monthly pious deeds
- One yearly pious deed
- Two lifetime pious deeds
- The Amir of Ahl al-Sunna’s dua
