{"id":955,"date":"2026-01-04T10:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/?post_type=topics&#038;p=955"},"modified":"2026-03-29T00:10:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T00:10:42","slug":"why-is-zakat-given","status":"publish","type":"topics","link":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/topics\/%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%95%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a4-%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%a8-%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%93%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%bc%e0%a6%be-%e0%a6%b9%e0%a6%af%e0%a6%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Zakat given"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zakat is the third pillar of Islam. Allah has made it obligatory for the wealthy, as a rightful share of the poor and needy in their wealth. Zakat is given once a year. Its main purpose is\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>to return the rights of the poor.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to eliminate poverty from society.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to purify wealth.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to establish justice between the rich and the poor.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to keep people away from miserliness and arrogance.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holy Quran Allah said:<br><strong>\u201cGive them their due right from your wealth.\u201d<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong> \u2014 <em>\u2014 Surah Adh-Dhariyat, 51:19<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here it clearly shows:<br>\u27a4 Zakat is not charity, but the rightful share (due) of the poor.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1458,"menu_order":50,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categoires":[114],"class_list":["post-955","topics","type-topics","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoires-zakat-charity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topics"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoires","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoires?post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}