An Intelligent Guide to Zakat with Dr Osman Umarji
The Thinking Muslim
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The Importance of Zakah in Islam
Tax collectors would visit different tribes and make an assessment of their wealth or was it a self declaration of wealth on the behalf of those tribesmen and adults in those tribes. People were allowed to say that they can give from that which they want to from amongst those assets that are also capable. Al-Bukkur Asadidith, the first caliphah after the Prophet ﷺ passed away one of his big issues that happened to him was called arubaritha right the words of apostasy. He said I swear by Allah that if they withheld only the reins of a camel of what they used to give for the Prophet ） I would fight them for it
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