al-Zakat fi al-Islam fi Daw al-Kitab wa al-Sunna
- Author died
- 1440 AH
- Editions
- Markaz al-Da'wah wa-al-Irshād bi-al-Qaṣab
al-Zakat fi al-Islam fi Daw al-Kitab wa al-Sunna (Zakat in Islam in the Light of the Quran and the Sunnah) is a legal treatise on obligatory and voluntary almsgiving by the Saudi scholar Saeed bin Ali bin Wahf al-Qahtani (d. 1440 AH / 2018 CE) .
Composition and Purpose
The author completed the book on the afternoon of Monday, 16 Dhu al-Hijjah 1426 AH . In the introduction, he states that his aim was to write a concise handbook summarizing everything a Muslim needs regarding zakat, pairing each legal issue with its textual proof from the Quran and the Sunnah . He also notes that he drew extensively on the juridical determinations and preferences of his teacher, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz .
Structure and Content
The book is structured into fourteen chapters (mabahith) :
- The concept of zakat linguistically and legally (Mafhum al-Zakat lughatan wa-shar'an)
- The status of zakat in Islam (Manzilat al-Zakat fi al-Islam)
- The benefits and underlying wisdoms of zakat (Fawa'id al-Zakat wa-hikamuha)
- The legal ruling of zakat in Islam (Hukm al-Zakat fi al-Islam)
- The conditions for the obligation of zakat (Shurut wujub al-Zakat)
- Zakat on debts (Zakat al-dayn)
- Important issues regarding zakat (Masa'il muhimmah fi al-Zakat)
- Zakat on free-grazing livestock (Zakat bahimat al-an'am al-sa'imah)
- Zakat on the produce of the earth (Zakat al-kharij min al-ard), covering grains, fruits, minerals, and buried treasures (rikaz)
- Zakat on values (Zakat al-athman), detailing gold, silver, and banknotes
- Zakat on commercial goods, stocks, and bonds (Zakat 'urud al-tijarah wa-al-ashum wa-al-sanadat)
- Zakat al-Fitr (Zakat al-Fitr)
- The recipients and avenues of zakat in Islam (Masarif al-Zakat fi al-Islam), outlining the eight prescribed categories and those to whom zakat cannot be disbursed
- Voluntary charity in Islam (Sadaqat al-tatawwu' fi al-Islam)
Publication
The work was issued by Markaz al-Da'wah wa al-Irshad in al-Qasab (1431 AH) as the third volume of the five-volume collection Arkan al-Islam (The Pillars of Islam) . Its publishing history records a first edition in 1407 AH / 2008 CE, a second edition in 1428 AH / 2009 CE, and a third edition in Shawwal 1431 AH / 2010 CE .
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