Zakat can't be imposed on a Moslem
other than the conditions jurisprudents have stipulated and
agreed on to be legally true…as stated in the following
points.
1. Private Ownership: It is inevitable for
a Moslem to be charged with Zakat unless he really owns special
kinds of animals which are legally permissible to be slaughtered
and they can't be proven as true until after thorough
investigation into the matter of their ownership-either to the
claimer or to another party or to a mosque.
2. Maturity: It is inevitable for the owner of
the property to be wise, not crazy; therefore, the assets cannot
be verified as belonging to an immature
one.
3. Possessing a sound mind: The owner ought to be
possessing a sound mind, not crazy or behaving like a
fool.
4. Freedom: For without it, Zakat is not
compulsory on him to be paid.
5. Necessity of having full power and authority
of taking action or decision; therefore, the owner or his
guardian should be in full control over the wealth so that he can
freely manage that necessitate payment of
Zakat.
Zakat is also not to be paid for
the wealth which is robbed or stolen - whether being movable or
immovable property or of being detained or mortgaged or in other
people's hands or that which is allocated for vows.
What are the things which
demand Zakat payment?
There are three kinds of animals
which necessitate payment of Zakat and they are as the
following:
The three kinds are:
1. Camels-cows-sheep
2. The
four agricultural foodstuffs are: wheat - barely - dates -
raisin.
3. The
two coins are: gold and silver
4. The
wealth that comes from (mostly legally binding) trade and
commercial business in accordance with the opinion of his
eminence – the Shiite Supreme Religious Authority – As-Sayyid Ali
Al-Hussaini As-Sistani (May Allah preserve his overwhelming
shade).
For each one of these animals
special details and conditions are mentioned in long reference
books whose most important is: (Menhaj As-Salihin) which is a
program handled by the Shiite Supreme Religious Authority - his
Eminence-As-Sayyid Ali Al-Hussaini As-Sistani (May Allah prolong
his age and keep him safe).
These are the only animals which
are included in paying Zakat by the owners who possess them. But
in case of approval, Zakat can be paid for cereals such as:
sesame, rice, beans lentils, corns and the like but Zakat is not
approved in vegetables such as: melons, watermelons, cucumbers,
figs, pomegranates and the like.
Sun -
22 Jamadilawal 1446H -
