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Spirit of Zakat 16 May 2007 - Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Full lecture
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1 min 18 sec
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Introducing zakat among Islam's five pillars
“Today I'd like to say a few words about zakat”
3 min 41 sec
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Five pillars of Islam and meaning of purification
“Today I'd like to say a few words about zakat”
44 sec
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Man is born impure, life is the test
“Man is born as impure”
2 min 26 sec
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Kalima Tauheed as purification of mind and thought
“The first is Kalima Tauheed”
1 min 38 sec
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Salah as the spiritual art of time management
“Then there's the prayer, that is salah”
1 min 32 sec
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Fasting as the art of desire management
“Then there's the soum, there's fasting”
2 min 8 sec
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From hajj's global unity into zakat's purpose
“Then there's the hajj, an international worship”
49 sec
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Zakat's real meaning: purification and money management
“Zakat literally means purification, and making pure”
5 min 31 sec
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Why zakat is God's right, not just yours
“Zakat has two aspects: haqq Allah and haqq al-ibad”
37 sec
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Your own effort in earning is under 1%
“So why is zakat the right of God?”
43 sec
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Why God only asks for a small share
“It was God's blessing He asked just 2.5 percent”
3 min 56 sec
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Zakat as acknowledging civilization's contribution to you
“God will give you reward for this honesty”
31 sec
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Civilization built everything you use to earn
“Civilization is a combined effort of humanity”
5 min 56 sec
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Why God divided society into rich and poor
“The Prophet said zakat is taken from the rich”
29 sec
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Rich and poor status is never permanent
“Why are there some wealthy and some needy?”
2 min 54 sec
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Poverty as motivation, not a permanent curse
“Every term there is a change: poor become rich”
49 sec
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Poverty isn't negative, it's a mode of motivation
“Poverty is not simply poverty”
26 sec
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Difficulty, not comfort, is what makes a person
“Poverty elevates you, it makes you superman”
2 min 21 sec
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Zakat is temporary relief, never permanent charity
“God created people with differences, some rich, some poor”
2 min 45 sec
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Zakat's minimum is fixed, its maximum has no limit
“In the Quran there are three words: zakat, sadaqa, infaq”
5 min 5 sec
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Uthman bin Affan gives away an entire caravan
“Immigrants always strive more than the locals”
34 sec
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The Quran's promise of tenfold reward for giving
“In the Quran there's a permanent offer from God”
3 min 24 sec
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Abdul Rahman bin Awf gives away his caravan free
“This same thing happened with Abdul Rahman bin Awf”
3 min 28 sec
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Why giving money is the real test of sacrifice
“Money is the most important thing for every human being”
52 sec
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A Persian proverb on loving money more than life
“There's a saying in the Persian language”