Summary of Sunni concepts
Compatibility of the legal meaning of zakat with its linguistic meanings
Zakat is the third pillar of Islam
In language, it includes several meanings
Among them are growth, increase, purity, and righteousness
Zakat in Sharia is the amount that must be paid to the deserving person
In the money that reached the legally determined quorum
The term “Zakat” refers to the money that must be paid according to Islamic law
It corresponds to its linguistic meanings
Zakat is required by law
You increase money and increase it with the blessings and goodness you put into it
Because of compliance with God's legitimate command
He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
Charity does not diminish any wealth
Narrated by Muslim
Zakat purifies money and its owner from impurities of forbidden things
In financial transactions
God Almighty said
Take charity from their wealth to purify them and purify them
Zakat verifies the goodness of bitterness
Because whoever performs it becomes pure before God
That is, drawing closer to God by doing good deeds
God Almighty said
The pious one will avoid it, and he who gives his money in purity
And the Almighty said
He who purified it has succeeded
That is, he brought himself closer to God by doing good deeds
Islam's view of money
Money in Islam is God's money
He gave sustenance to some of His servants
And his appreciation for each other
God Almighty said
Your Lord extends sustenance to whomever He wills and determines
Indeed, He was All-Aware and All-Seeing of His servants
It is not for those to whom God has extended sustenance
Absolute freedom in the money God has given him
Rather, he has duties in it by virtue of his being a successor in it
There is no real owner of it
God Almighty said
And spend from what made you successors in it
And the Almighty said
And give them from the wealth of God which He has given you
God is the owner of the money
He has imposed a measure of it on categories of His servants
It will be delivered to them by whomever God has placed his hand on
And so he really named them
As God Almighty said
And give the kin his due, and the poor and the wayfarer
God concluded the verse about disbursing zakat by saying:
An obligation from God, and God is All-Knowing, All-Wise
The economic outlook in Islam
It is based on the fact that as long as money is God’s money
Therefore, he is subject to everything that God decides about him
Considering money as his first
Both in the way it is earned and owned
Or in the way it is developed
Or the way it is spent
The person who seizes the money is not free to do with it whatever he wants
As it claims, licentious and brutal capitalism
Balance and mediation of spending
One of the important concepts of Islam towards spending
Balance and mediation
Although balance and mediation are the hallmark of Islam regarding all Muslims
However, he gave priority to the issue of spending
Special care should be taken in this regard
There are many verses indicating this
Warned against violating it
God Almighty said
Do not let your hand be tied to your neck
And do not simplify it all the way
So you sit blamed and distressed
God Almighty said, praising His faithful servants
And those who, when they spend, are neither extravagant nor stingy
There was a texture in between
There was no such care to mediate spending
Except because banking corrupts the soul, money, and society
And frugality is the same
Withholding money so that its owner can benefit from it in this world and the hereafter
He prevented the group around him from benefiting from the money
Money is a tool for achieving social services
Spending and frugality create an imbalance in the social environment and the economic sphere
This is in addition to the corruption of hearts and morals that each of them causes
Volunteering charity
When it comes to spending for the sake of God, Islam is not satisfied with the obligatory zakat
Rather, he legislated voluntary charity and strongly encouraged it
God Almighty said
Those who give alms, male and female, and lend God a good loan, will be doubled for them, and they will have a generous reward
And the Almighty said
Believe in God and His Messenger and spend from what He has made you successors in
Those of you who believe and spend will have a great reward
And the Almighty said
The example of those who spend their money for the sake of God is like a grain that has grown over seven ears
There are 100 seeds in each ear
And God multiplies for whom He wills, and God is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing
Zakat is an obligatory charity from God, and voluntary spending is absolute
And righteousness includes both of them, so God Almighty said
But righteous is he who believes in God, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets
And give money out of love for His relatives, orphans, and the needy
And he built the way and those who walked and freed slaves, and he established prayer and paid zakat
Verse
He first mentioned voluntary spending, then he included paying zakat
Voluntary spending does not waive the obligatory zakat
The obligatory zakat does not relieve society of voluntary spending
Life must include them
One of the fruits of voluntary charity
Voluntary charity has great fruits for the spender himself and for those on whom he spends
Firstly, for the one who spends for the sake of God, it frees his soul from the love of money
He does not become a servant of God
Whoever is freed from the slavery of money will be freed from the slavery of everything else
He should not be a slave to desire or to anyone other than God
He becomes one of the free people who deserves to be a leader in society
It also brings blessing and growth to his wealth
Secondly, its fruits for those who spend on them are many and varied
It is a connection with relatives that achieves self-esteem, family dignity, and kinship ties
It provides support to orphans and protects them from homelessness when they are young
And exposure to corruption and resentment towards the society that did not provide them with righteousness or care
It is for the poor to protect against deterioration
And a feeling of solidarity and interdependence within the Muslim community
It is a duty for the wayfarer, to help him in times of hardship and the loss of his way without family or home
And a notification to him that the entire Muslim community is worthy
And that the whole earth is a homeland
It is a relief for those who walk in their need
And stop them from the issue that Islam hates
Be careful when giving charity
Whoever voluntarily gives charity should seek the face of God with it, as the Almighty said
And you do not spend except seeking the face of God
Therefore, he must be careful in distributing it to those who deserve it
The following verse guides those who are most deserving and deserving of charity
God Almighty said
They are poor
This prevented them from limiting themselves to working for the sake of God, such as jihad, advocacy, and other things
From striving in the land seeking sustenance
Yet they hide their poverty
So that those who are ignorant of the truth about their situation will not realize it
But he has intelligence and insight
He knows them by the signs of effort and need that they show against their will
However, they do not insist on the issue with people
You know them by their appearance. They do not ask people without bare hands
These are the first and most deserving of those who give charity
He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
It is not the poor person who is rejected by the date or the two dates
Neither the two bites nor the two bites
But the poor person is the one who abstains
And read if you want
Meaning what God Almighty said
They don't ask barefoot people
Agreed
How can he seek the pleasure of God by spending?
Seeking the face of God by spending is achieved through the following
Firstly
Spending is good and halal
For the wicked who is overcome by bitterness
God Almighty said
O you who have believed, spend from the good things you have earned and from what We have produced for you from the earth.
And do not spend from it the evil one, and you will not take it unless you close your eyes to it.
And know that God is All-Sufficient, Praiseworthy
Secondly
And higher than that and finer
Spending should be something that a person loves and cherishes
Thus righteousness is achieved
God Almighty said
You will not attain righteousness until you spend from what you love
Third
To protect his expenses from invalidation and decline
Because of manna, harm and hypocrisy
God Almighty said
Those who spend their money for the sake of God and then do not follow up with what they spent from us and are not harmed
They will have their reward with their Lord, and they will have no fear, nor will they grieve
Then God Almighty confirmed this and said:
O you who have believed, do not nullify your alms with insults and harm
Like one who spends what he has to show off to people and does not believe in God and the Last Day
What a good statement the speaker said
Let your giving leave without being harmed or frustrated