The Importance of Zakat: Rewards and Consequences in Islam

Understanding the Significance of Zakat in Islam and its Impact on Individuals and Society

Zakaat

Allah Ta’ala says: “ Certainly that believers who act righteously, make the prescribed prayer and pay the Zakat, will be rewarded by their Lord, and they do not fear nor be grieve ’ . (2:277)

“ Who give the Zakat, night and day, in private or in public, will have their reward with their Lord, and not fear nor be grieve” . (2:274)

The Prophet (Peace be upon Him) said: “ Whoever gives away charity the size of a date, which is earned lawfully, since Allah only accepts the good lawful things, Allah will indeed take it with His right hand and cause it to grow for its owner, just as one of you raises up his colt, to the point that the charity will become like the size of a mountain.” [Reported by Al-Bukhari 491 and Muslim]

Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “ Charity does not decrease wealth, no one forgives another except that Allah increases his honor, and no one humbles himself for the sake of Allah except that Allah raises his status.” (Source: Sahih Muslim 2588)

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Allah said: ‘Spend, O son of Adam, and I shall spend on you.’ ” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 5073; Muslim, 993.)

The Prophet  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allah exalt his mention ) said: “ Every man will be in the shade of his charity on the Day of Resurrection.” [Ahmad 449]

The Messenger (Peace be upon him) said: “ Charity extinguishes sins as water extinguishes fire.” [Grade:  Hasan (Darussalam)

Reference  : Sunan Ibn Majah 3973

In-book reference  : Book 36, Hadith 48

English translation  : Vol. 5, Book 36, Hadith 3973]

🔥Warnings against those who dont pay Zakaat🔥

Allah Ta’ala says: “ And let not those who hold back miserly from giving that which Allah has bestowed on them from His Bounty think that it is good for them. Nay, it will be worse for them. The things that they held back from giving will be tied to their necks like a collar on the Day of Recompense. And to Allah belongs the heritage of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is well-Aware of all that you do. ” [Surah Aali ‘Imraan: 180]

Allah Ta’ala says: “ And those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend on them in the Way of Allah (i.e. by giving Zakat), give them the tidings of a painful punishment. This will be on the Day when those treasures (i.e. gold and silver) will be heated in the Fire of Hell and with it their foreheads, bodies and backs will be branded. (And it will be said to them): ‘This is the treasure that you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard.” [Surah At-Tawbah: 34]

Narrated by Abu Dhar (Radiayallahu Anhu)

Once I went to him (the Prophet) and he said, “ By Allah in Whose Hands my life is (or probably said, ‘By Allah, except Whom none has the right to be worshipped) whoever had camels or cows or sheep and did not pay their Zakat, those animals will be brought on the Day of Resurrection far bigger and fatter than before and they will tread him under their hooves, and will butt him with their horns, and (those animals will come in circle): When the last does its turn, the first will start again, and this punishment will go on till Allah has finished the judgments amongst the people.

“(Sahih Bukhari, Chapter 24,539)

“ No people ever withhold the Zakah of their wealth but rain is withheld from the sky.” [Ibn Majah 4019]

In Saheeh Al-Bukhari, Abu Hurairah (radyAllaahu ‘anhu) reported that Allah’s Messenger (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “ Whoever Allah has given money to and does not give his Zakat for it, it will take the form of a shiny-headed male serpent with two black spots over its eyes, which will encircle him on the Day of Judgement and bite his cheeks saying: ‘I am your money, I am your wealth.’ ”

[Sahih Al Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 24, Number 486]

And in Saheeh Muslim, Abu Hurairah (radyAllaahu ‘anhu) reported that the Prophet (sallAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “ There is no one that possesses gold and silver and doesn’t give his due (Zakat) on it except that on the Day of Judgement, it will be made into plates of fire, then dipped into the Fire of Hell and with it his body, forehead and back will be branded.

[Reference  : Sahih Muslim 987c

In-book reference  : Book 12, Hadith 30

USC-MSA web (English) reference  : Book 5, Hadith 2163]

Each time the plates grow cool, they will be reheated and brand him again. This will occur on a Day the length of fifty thousand years, until Allah judges His servants .”Surah At-Tawbah: 35]

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