This should be a great concern for us considering the fact that Islam puts a tremendous emphasis on helping the disadvantaged sector of our society – the poor and the needy – in order to maintain a just, equitable, and compassionate society. And there are those who are simply frustrated about how to calculate zakāt and so pay only an arbitrary amount to absolve themselves of the obligation. There are some who underpay zakāt because of not assessing their zakāt correctly and there are others who do not pay zakāt despite maintaining a lavish life-style – due to the consideration that they do not owe zakāt since they do not retain any savings at the end of the year. It is an unfortunate fact that many Muslims do not know how to properly calculate their zakāt. Yet, it is the least understood of the five pillars. Zakāt is the third pillar of Islam, which comes immediately after ṣalāt and before ṣiyām and ḥajj.
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