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ALL Muslims are REQUIRED to pay Zakat.
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BOOK H
ZAKAT
h1.0 WHO MUST PAY ZAKAT
((Muhammad Shirbini Khatib) Lexically, zakat means growth, blessings, an increase in good, purification, or praise. In Sacred Law it is the name for a particular amount of property that must be paid to certain kinds of recipients under the conditions mentioned below…”
h1.1
Zakat is obligatory
(a)
for every free Muslim (O: male, female, adult or child):
THOSE FIGHTING FOR ALLAH {Jihad}
h8.17 The seventh category is those
fighting for Allah, meaning people engaged in military operations {Jihad} for whom no salary has been allotted …
(Reliance of the Traveller, pages 244-274)
“rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation. That is why I am committed to working with American Muslims to ensure that they can fulfill zakat." ~Barack Obama~
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o9.0
(O:
Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically
derived from the word mujahada, signifying warfare to establish the religion.
o9.1
Jihad is a communal obligation (def: c3.2). When enough people perform it to successfully accomplish it, it is no longer obligatory upon others.
(The Reliance of the Traveller, page 599-600)