One who knows no needy persons may give Zakat to a mosque or charity specifically to help the poor, but general charities to mosques, hospitals, or organizations are not Zakat.1
Muhammad's neglect of the poor man in favor of the rich man is not behavior to imitate, and this proves we are not to follow the sunna.1, 2, 3
The specified portion believers set aside for the poor and needy is 2.5 percent of net income, and giving at least that is the criterion.1, 2, 3
There is a commandment not to rebuff the beggar, and charity should start with relatives and the needy at the mosque.1, 2
Charities go to the poor, the needy, the workers who collect them, new converts, and the freeing of slaves, and the recipients have to be poor.1, 2, 3
Those who are ill or traveling may fast an equal number of other days, and those who find fasting too difficult may feed a poor person for each day, because God wishes convenience for us.1, 2, 3
Volunteering to feed more poor people than required is better.1
Charity goes first to those closest to us, the parents and relatives, and then to those who need economic help: the orphans, the poor, and the alien.1, 2, 3, 4
Charity goes to the parents, the relatives, the orphans, the poor, and the alien, and God is fully aware of any righteous work.1, 2
The deserving poor can be recognized by their signs, because they never annoy people by begging, and those unaware may think they are rich due to their honorable character.1, 2, 3
Giving charity to the starving is a duty, and refusing because God supposedly wants them to starve is what unbelievers say.1, 2, 3
Believers set aside two and a half percent of their net income for the poor and the needy.1
The animal offerings are part of God's rituals for our own good; we mention God's name over them, eat from them, and feed the poor and needy, in appreciation.1, 2, 3
Zakat goes first to your parents if they are poor, then to poor relatives; charities go to the poor, the needy, collectors, new converts, freeing slaves, the burdened, God's cause, and the traveling alien.1, 2, 3, 4
Charity is best given through personal knowledge of people in need, which is why God gives the sequence of parents, relatives, orphans, and the needy.1, 2, 3
When beggars come to your door you must act, because the Quran commands us not to reprimand the beggar, and that is the least we can do.1, 2, 3, 4
Our charitable contributions cannot counteract the damage Satan causes, yet giving is still our duty, and refusing to feed those God supposedly wants to starve is what the unbelievers say.1, 2, 3
The Quran sets an order of priority for zakat recipients: parents first, then relatives, orphans, the traveling alien, the poor, and beggars.1, 2, 3
Zakat goes to people you personally know are in need, in the Quran's order: parents, then relatives, then orphans, then any poor person, then traveling aliens.1, 2, 3, 4
Zakat is two and a half percent of net income, given immediately because the needy cannot wait a year, though small amounts may be accumulated for no more than a month.1, 2, 3
Quran 6:141 commands that zakat be given on the day of harvest, and since people today harvest paychecks, zakat is due on the day money is received so the hungry need not wait a year.1, 2, 3, 4
The Tucson submitters help feed the hungry together with a church and a synagogue at a Salvation Army soup kitchen.1
Charities also go to those suffering in God's cause who cannot emigrate, the workers who collect charity, new converts, freeing slaves, and those burdened by sudden expenses in God's cause.1
We should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor, and giving to them brings greater joy, for it is more blessed to give than to receive.1, 2
God is aware of individual circumstances, so those who can fast only with great difficulty may feed one poor person for each day instead, though fasting is best.1, 2
The difficult path one should choose includes freeing slaves, feeding related orphans and the needy in hardship, believing, and exhorting one another to steadfastness and kindness.1, 2
Those who can fast only with great difficulty may feed one poor person for each day missed, though fasting remains best and volunteering more is better.1, 2
Fasting is meant as motivation, not hardship, because hunger makes us appreciate God's provisions and feel for those who have less.1
Those who are ill or traveling may make up the same number of days later, and those who can fast only with great difficulty may instead feed one poor person for each day.1
Fasting deepens appreciation for food and water and can increase compassion for those who lack them.1, 2
One who fasts only with great difficulty may instead feed at least one poor person for each day missed, though fasting remains the best option.1, 2
Besides our duty to God, we owe duties to His creations, such as caring for the destitute, looking after stray animals, and helping our mothers who are also fasting.1, 2
The purpose of fasting is to feel the plight of the poor, so afterward we should make sure the needy are not deprived of food and water.1, 2
The difficult path humans should choose is freeing slaves, feeding others in hardship, caring for related orphans and the needy poor, believing, and urging one another to steadfastness and kindness.1, 2, 3, 4
Fasting puts rich and poor, strong and weak on the same footing, is not meant as self torture, and allows alleviations for special circumstances.1
One who is ill or traveling may fast an equal number of other days, and one who can fast only with great difficulty may feed a poor person for each day instead, though fasting is best.1
The Quran deliberately warns against taking advantage of the weak, which is partly why the debtor dictates the terms when financial transactions are written down.1, 2
Fasting is best if possible, but the ill or traveling may make up an equal number of other days, and those who fast only with great difficulty may feed one poor person per day.1, 2, 3
The Quran calls believers to be active rather than stagnant and to move swiftly to help the less fortunate, and God exalts those who strive above those who sit back.1, 2
Charitable people have loaned God a good loan and will be rewarded manifold, and giving anonymously to the poor is better and remits more sins.1, 2, 3
Masjid Tucson runs a soup kitchen with a church and a Jewish congregation, feeding 350 to 400 homeless and poor families each month since 1993.1