Paying the Zakah
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1 Paying the Zakah is a means of purification and the increase of wealth.
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :
{ Take, [O Muḥammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them increase, and invoke [Allāh's blessings] upon them. Indeed, your invocations are reassurance for them. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing. }
Quran ( 9 : 103 )
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2 Paying the Zakah is a means to attain empowerment.
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :
{ [And they are] those who, if We give them authority in the land, establish prayer and give zakāh and enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong. And to Allāh belongs the outcome of [all] matters. }
Quran ( 22 : 41 )
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3 Paying the Zakah is a mark of the way of the leaders guiding to the way of Allah.
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :
{ And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakāh; and they were worshippers of Us. }
Quran ( 21 : 73 )
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4 Paying the Zakah leads me to the satisfaction of Allah.
Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :
{ And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakāh and was to his Lord pleasing [i.e., accepted by Him]. }
Quran ( 19 : 55 )