Zakah From Principles to Practice

Understanding the Pillar of Zakah

ZAKAH FROM PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE, helps give clarity to a foundational pillar in the life of a Muslim, by elucidating the Divine and legislative roots of zakah, as well as shedding light on the socio-economic wisdoms symbiosis rooted in the Divine laws of obligatory religious philanthropy.

Maulana Muhammad Carr discusses contemporary modes of modern day wealth and vehicles of investments, such as pension funds, investment funds and debt — deferred and immediate; as well as issues pertinent to contemporary businesses — such as merchandise and its profit in addition to everyday scenarios involving salaries, endowments and inherited assets.

An overview of how gold and silver is regarded is explained as well as the eight classifications of those eligible as zakah recipients arc expounded upon.

Title: Zakah: From Principles to Practice
Author: Maulana Muhammad Carr
ISBN-13: 9780620684224
Format: Paperback
Pages: 55
Publisher: Dar al-Turath al-Islami
Published: 2017
Recommended Age: Teens & Adults (Islamic study & fiqh)
Themes: Zakah (Islamic almsgiving) fundamentals; legal rulings, social & economic wisdom, contemporary applications to modern wealth, investments, business, inheritance, and eligibility of recipients