Introduction
Errors in Zakat calculation or distribution can invalidate this sacred worship.
Based on Fatawa Razawiyyah (Volume 10) and Bahar-e-Shariat (Part 5), Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan (Ψ±ΨΩ Ω Ψ§ΩΩΩ ΨΉΩΩΩ) highlights 15 common mistakes made by Muslims today:
The Top 15 Zakat Mistakes
- Thinking Zakat is only on cash. (Ignoring gold, silver, trade stock).
- Exempting women's gold/silver jewelry. (Hanafi Fiqh requires Zakat on gold/silver jewelry).
- Forgetting bank savings accounts and fixed deposits.
- Ignoring business merchandise inventory.
- Not counting recoverable money owed to you (Dain-e-Qawi).
- Subtracting entire 30-year home mortgages from liquid cash.
- Exempting cash earmarked for house/wedding without Shariah basis.
- Using solar year without adjusting rate to 2.577%.
- Hardcoding unverified Nisab currency values.
- Giving Zakat to ineligible relatives (parents, children, spouse).
- Giving Zakat to Sayyids / Hashimis.
- Spending Zakat on mosque construction without Tamlik.
- Substituting voluntary charity or taxes for Zakat.
- Distributing Zakat without Niyyah (intention).
- Mixing contradictory school rulings unknowingly.
Aala Hazrat & Hanafi Scholarly References
- Fatawa Razawiyyah (ΩΨͺΨ§ΩΫΩ° Ψ±ΨΆΩΫΫ): Imam Ahmad Raza Khan (Ψ±ΨΩ Ω Ψ§ΩΩΩ ΨΉΩΩΩ), Volume 10.
- Bahar-e-Shariat (Ψ¨ΫΨ§Ψ±Ω Ψ΄Ψ±ΫΨΉΨͺ): Part 5.
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