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Re: سوداني يهدد بالخروج عن الإسلام بسبب الزكاة (Re: Kostawi)
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A Sudanese emigrant swore to abandon Islam in protest of a high Zakah tax imposed on his poor income(Sudan Journal, Nov. 14). It is time for a serious revision on the NIF wrongful application of Islamic Shari'a that since Nimeir's 1983 September Laws worsened the living standards of the Sudanese, instead of easing them as Islam originally profess. Even the 1st Caliph Abu Bakr, a highly-veneered disciple of the Prophet who compelled early protesting Muslims to pay the Zakah, has been recently criticized by Islamist thinkers (see, for example, Saeed al-'Ashmawi of Egypt). 'Ashmawi, a distinguished judicial expert, asserted that Abu Bakr's war to get Muslims to pay Zakah "was not necessary." Zakah [alms giving], by the very literal meaning of the word, is based on the individual willingness of a Muslim (exactly as all other major or minor obligations of Islam) to "give" Zakah to needy people to please Allah in the first place. A Muslim who is unable to pay Zakah is understandably exempted from this personal obligation, as well eligible to receive assistance from society/government. Dr. Mahgoub Eltigani
(عدل بواسطة Kostawi on 11-14-2005, 02:30 PM)
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