Tag Archives: zakat

Prayer Request: for coal and food business

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: Since I would like to do coal business and other business as well, what dua I should do in order to make this business will run well… Continue reading →

Posted in Prayer Request | Tagged business, coal, mining, provision, rizq, salat, Salatu munajiyyah, success, Surah Yasin, treasurer, zakat | Comments Off

How to be at peace

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Dr. Abdul Karim

Lately I noticed that whenever I focus on dunya matters, like doing well at work or going for higher degrees, I get into dunya mode and the heart presence disappears. Continue reading →

Posted in Sufism (Tasawwuf) | Tagged Allah's Pleasure, balance, company, dhikrullah, distractions, dunya matters, focus, heart presence, help, higher degrees, intentions, keep company, nearness to Allah, remembrance of Allah, sadaqa, sadaqah, schedule, sincere servants, strive, striving, struggle, Surat al-Kahf, time, worship, zakat | Comments Off

Fana Fillah and Baqabillah

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Kindly give me some information about these two stages. Continue reading →

Posted in Sufism (Tasawwuf) | Tagged Abu Yazid al-Bistami, al-Jalal, annihilation, arrows, baqa, complacency, divine attraction, divine love, Divine Might, Divine Omnipotence, Divine Oneness, egoism, enmity, envy, fana, foolish, gold, goodness, heart, holy books, humility, idol, Imam Ahmad, Imam Shafi`i, intimacy, livestock, Maqam at-Tawhid, Mercy Oceans, mushahadah, ostentation, powerlessness, Quran, renunciation, riya, Sayyidina Abdul Qadir Jilani, Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, self-aggranizement, self-improvement, servanthood, Shari`ah, Shayban ar-Rai, silver, spears, states, stations, subsistence, sword, uns, wealth, wisdom, zakat | Comments Off

Spending Zakat on Mosques

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

Q: Can zakat be used to pay for the construction of mosques? Continue reading →

Posted in Halal & Haram, Zakat & Sadaqah | Tagged arming, captives, debtors, fi sabilillah, ghuzat, hajj, jihad, mu'allafat qulubahum, poor, soldiers, wayfarer, zakat | Comments Off

Zakat money loan for building mosque

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Shaykh Senad Agic

Q: Can you please let us know, if money from Zakat can be loaned for Masjid construction? Loan does not mean permanent donation, loan here means for a specific time period only. Then the money will be returned back to the Zakat handling person. Continue reading →

Posted in Halal & Haram, Zakat & Sadaqah | Tagged loan, mosque construction, wajib, zakat | Comments Off

Procedure of Zakat