zakat
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zakat (uncountable)
(Islam) Almsgiving, one of the five pillars of Islam.
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A 1999 study of Sudan and Pakistan, where zakat is mandated by the state, estimated that zakat proceeds ranged between 0.3 and 0.5 percent of GDP, while a more recent report put zakat proceeds in Malaysia at 0.1% of GDP.
After him, zakat came to be considered more of an individual responsibility.
A considerable number of Muslims accept their duty to pay zakat, but deny that the state has a right to levy it, and they may pay zakat voluntarily while evading official collection.
Also, it is forbidden to disburse zakat funds into investments instead of being given to one of the above eight categories of recipients.
Among the Sunni Muslims, zakat committees are established, linked to a religious cause or local mosque, which collect zakat. citation Among the Shia Muslims, deputies on behalf of Imams collect the zakat.
Another criticism was that the Taliban called their 20% tax on truckloads of opium " zakat ", which is traditionally limited to 2.5% of the zakat-payers' disposable income (or wealth).