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PENSYARIATAN ZAKAT
When was zakat first legislated?
Short answer
According to the sound opinion of the scholars, zakat was legislated in the second year after the Prophet's migration to Madinah, shortly before fasting became obligatory.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum Edisi Ramadhan
- Topic
- Zakat
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
According to the sound opinion of the scholars, zakat was legislated in the second year after the Prophet's migration to Madinah, shortly before fasting became obligatory. Zakat al-fitr is also stated to have been made obligatory in that year, based on a hadith reported by Bukhari and Muslim. Two other views are mentioned: Ibn al-Athir held the ninth year of Hijrah, but Ibn Hajar judged the supporting hadith weak, while Ibn Khuzaimah held it was before the Hijrah, a position whose evidence is open to question.
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Pendapat ulama yang sahih menyatakan bahawa zakat mula disyariatkan pada tahun kedua setelah Nabi SAW berhijrah ke Madinah tidak berapa lama sebelum puasa difardhukan.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “PENSYARIATAN ZAKAT”, 8 July 2015. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/edisi-ramadhan/1981-pensyariatan-zakat. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/when-was-zakat-first-legislated/