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Spirit of Zakat May 4, 2007 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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Quran 2:43 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 2:3 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 6:141 · Al-An'am
Quran 17:26 · Al-Isra
Quran 2:177 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 3:92 · Aal-Imran
Quran 76:27 · Al-Insan
Quran 92:18 · Al-Layl
Quran 2:165 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 2:165 · Al-Baqarah
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3 min 35 sec
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Your earnings were never truly your own property
“What a man earns is not his own property”
2 min 59 sec
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Everything you earn actually belongs to God
“Everything you use to earn is God-given”
2 min 29 sec
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Israf versus zakat: two ways to treat wealth
“The opposite of zakat is israf, wastefulness”
24 sec
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No righteousness without spending what you love
“You cannot be righteous in God's eyes”
31 sec
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Literal meaning of zakat is growth
“Zakat literally means 'to grow'”
45 sec
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Money is man's most beloved possession
“Money is the thing man loves most”
43 sec
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Love is the greatest thing a person has
“The greatest thing a person has is love”
1 min 32 sec
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Fear and love are humanity's only two drives
“Man lives between just two things: fear and love”
34 sec
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You cannot give less and receive more from God
“It cannot be that you give less”
1 min 39 sec
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Giving 'more' is measured by position, not amount
“'More' isn't about the amount you give”
2 min 33 sec
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Uthman's caravan story: bidding up his own charity
“Two companions in Medina were extremely wealthy”
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Wealth and power are a test, not a favor
“This is not a favor, it's a test paper”
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Rich or poor, both are being tested
“Having more money is also a test paper”
2 min 15 sec
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Your life circumstances are a predetermined test place
“People always think 'if only I had done X'”
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Never say 'if only I had done that'
“Don't say 'if only' — that's Satan's door”
5 min 55 sec
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The eight categories of zakat and the primacy of dawah
“Look at Surah Tawbah — eight categories of zakat”
3 min 37 sec
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Abdul Rahman ibn Awf donates his entire caravan
“A companion named Abdul Rahman ibn Awf had a caravan”
5 min 23 sec
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Harsh Quranic language is 'hammering', like a mother's warning
“People misunderstand harsh words in Quran and hadith”
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Mother's harsh words are really words of love
“A mother says, 'go get yourself killed then'”
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Zakat purifies the heart from love of wealth
“Why is paradise given? Because they purified themselves”