Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)

كتاب الزكاة

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Neither an old, nor a defective animal, nor a male-goat may be taken as Zakat

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Hadith 24

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ENGLISH

Narrated Hakim bin Hizam:

I said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , "Before embracing Islam I used to do good deeds like giving in charity, slave-manumitting, and the keeping of good relations with Kith and kin. Shall I be rewarded for those deeds?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "You became Muslim with all those good deeds (Without losing their reward)."

ARABIC

‏ أَسْلَمْتَ عَلَى مَا سَلَفَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ ‏