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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

Prayer During Travel

Prayer During Travel The five daily prayers in islam should be offered at a certain time when a muslim is at home or is not traveling. However, some times it is necessary to travel from place to place or from one country to another.during the travel perhaps there are no facilities for preparing oneself for prayer, or the timing of the the travel will interfere with the proper performance of prayer. Islam, therefore, allow a muslim, when travelling from one place to another, to join two prayers together at one time, such as zuhur and ‘asr at the time zuhur or ‘asr. But if a muslim decides to join two prayers together at the letter time, he should have the intention during the time of the first prayer of joining the two prayers later. The same permission is also given to muslim to join the sunset and the night prayers whilst travelling. A muslim has the right to join the two prayers together either at the time of the beginning of the first prayer or the time of the latter. But the

Fasting In Islam

Fasting In Islam Fasting during ramdhan is one the five pillars of islam. This is because the prophet (peace be upon him) said islam is upheld by five pillars: first, to bear witness that there is no other god but allah and that muhammad is his messenger. The second is to pray regulary. Third, to pay zakat to the poor. Fourth, to fast during the month of ramadhan. Fifth, to visit the house of god in mecca once in a lifetime, for those who are able to make the journey. Fasting can be defined as abstaining from eating, drinking, smoking and having sexual intercourse from dawn to sunset. Fasting for the month of ramadhan waas prescribed during the second year of the hijra. Fasting was an ancient from worship prescribed by god from the beginning of time. The aim of ordering people to fast is that they should learn how to be patient, to have good morals, to purify their hearts, to ennoble their character and to be gentle in dealing with people. One should feel the sufferings of hunger