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Zakat and charity
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Click a year to jump to itLatest answer · 19 Jan 2021
19 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
LatestDo I pay zakat again on savings that haven't grown?
Zakat is due again each year on the same savings, Mufti Abu Layth says, giving it as what is technically said.
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2020 · 6
24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Should the zakat threshold be different in each country?
Mufti Abu Layth says regional thresholds make sense to him, since the nisab rests on weak hadith and the detailed zakat system was largely built by later scholars.
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24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Does paying taxes count as paying zakat?
Yes, he believes paying taxes suffices for zakat today, provided the person also gives charity at various points in the year.
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24 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
Does giving charity protect me from bad things happening?
Yes: he says giving brings good back, beginning with family, and recalls receiving much more after giving when money was tight.
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4 Aug 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth
A vegan qurbani joke, and one sacrifice for a whole village
Mufti Abu Layth suggests that today one sacrifice could serve a whole village or locality, with the money saved given to the poor.
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19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
How clearly was zakah defined in the Prophet's lifetime?
The guest says some salaf and Ibn Taymiyya counted taxes paid to the authorities as zakah; Mufti Abu Layth says zakah was not clearly defined in the Prophet's time and its later rules were a pragmatic tax decision.
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19 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth
Were the people who refused zakah after the Prophet's death apostates?
The guest says taxes that fund welfare can count as zakah, and that the refusers fought by Abu Bakr were rebels against the state rather than apostates; Mufti Abu Layth says he is inclined to that view.
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2019 · 1
1 Aug 2019On Current Events
Is it wrong to judge someone who has become an atheist or left Islam?
A person's atheism or doubts are their own choice and he does not judge them; what he objects to, he says, is staged exorcisms and charity money taken under false pretences.
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