Zakah: The Permanent Tax System of Islam
7th March 2016
Remember: the uses listed above are detailed as such in Quran verse 9:60, and thus, being the command of Allah, are beyond disagreement or dispute. This makes it clear that Zakah is anything but charity money. Its uses make it clear that it is a fund at the disposal of Muslim leadership, to be used to further the cause of Islam, to make Islam victorious. It is more in the nature of a tax, much like the revenue collected by a regular government of a country.