Name: Pillar 3: Where Should We Give Zakat (Almsgiving)?
Uploaded: 2020-10-10T16:17:00.000Z
Channel: Sh. Abdullah Oduro
Description: There isn’t a specific place that a Muslim must pay Zakat in. Sh. Abdullah Oduro presents options for where and to whom you can pay it.

There isn&#x2019;t a specific place that a Muslim must pay Zakat in. Sh. Abdullah Oduro presents options for where and to whom you can pay it.

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 Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon you all.  I'm Abdullah Oduro and welcome back. Where should one pay zakat?  There is no particular place where one should pay zakat. In Islam, there is no particular holy  place or area where one should pay zakat. But primarily, it is important to know in your local  area if there are any organizations that take zakat money. Or generally, it is your local masjid  that may take any general funds. You will see when you walk in the mosque, you'll see slots. You'll  see like a, you know, say sadaqah and then it'll say maybe masjid project. Then you'll see one that  says zakat. Z-A-K-A-T. That's where you can pay your zakat. And that's when the lunar year passes.  You have that amount of money as we mentioned with gold. You can just go and put the money in the  slot. No one has to know. And it's even better that no one knows. And as a side point, if you  want to give it to the individual personally, this is preferable. The person that you're giving zakat  to does not have to know that it's zakat. The individual can be a family member that is in need.  So if you have family members that are in need, this is a great way for you to give dawah and to  let them know that you are a changed person. And that this money that you have received,  you've changed your life, you've come into Islam and you've received money now because you have a  career or that you've had structure in your life, which has, mashallah, Allah has provided you  financially. You can take from that money and give to those needy family members, not displaying to  them that I have to do this. Rather, it is something that I love to do because I want to  help you. So where one gives zakat is not as much as a priority as opposed to when and what is  zakatable and who are the zakat recipients. May Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la make you of those  individuals that give your zakat on time and may He make you of those that are diligent  and remember that this is a means of coming close to Allah Ta'ala.  As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Thank you.

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