Divine Tax
Divine Tax Zakat is one of the five pillars of islam, it’s aim is to meet the social needs of the muslim society and to improve the economic position in islam. The word zakat means purification, blessing and increasing. It is a kind of protection of the wealth of those who are rich. When a muslim pays his zakat he is protecting his money from unexpected disaster, for the prophet said, “protect your property by giving zakat and help your relatives to recover from their illness by giving charity.” Zakat is an obligatory payment, like a tax, and the english translation is “poor dues”. It could be called a divine tax, for it has been prescribed by god in the holy qur’an and in the sayings of the prophet. The holy qur’an says in many places, “keep up regular prayer and give zakat,” and one of the sayings of the prophet when mu’az was sent to yemen was, “you will come to folk who are people of the book, so invite them to testify that there is no god but god and that muhammad is god’s ...
