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