TEHRAN – Benevolent people across Iran donated more than 26 trillion rials (about $52 million) in zakat (alms) in the past Iranian calendar year which ended on March 19, an increase of 25 percent year on year, ISNA reported.
Zakat is the third of the Five Pillars of Islam and refers to giving a fixed portion of one’s wealth to the needy and poor.
It enjoins every adult, mentally stable, free, and financially able Muslim, male and female, to pay a certain amount of money to support specific categories of people.
The profession of Faith (shahada) – the belief that “There is no god but God,…
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