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The Eight Categories of People Entitled to Receive the Zakat

By Shaykh Saalih Al-Uthaymeen Allaah has mentioned in the Quran where to spend your charity and (has outlined) those who deserve to receive the obligatory charity, (which is all) based on His knowledge, wisdom, justice and mercy. “As-Sadaqat (here it means Zakat) are only for the Fuqara’ (poor), and Al-Masakin …

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Can we use Zakaat Money to Finish the Construction of a Masjid??

In the Name of Allaah… Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have Mercy on him) was asked about using zakaat money to finish building a masjid that is almost completed, and its construction may be halted (due to lack of funding). He replied: What is well-known to the scholars, and …

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Inspiration: Islam and Racism

Episode-12 (final episode – Season 1) from the amazing Inspiration Series by Mohamed Zeyara. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukfzk0sDT-w] Islam does not pay attention to differences in colour, race or lineage. All people come from Adam, and Adam was created from dust. In Islam, differentiation between people is based on faith (eemaan) and piety (taqwaa), …

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