[6] \n Finally...

[6] \n Finally, the minimum amount of savings which are kept for a year on which Zakat becomes due is 200 dirhams (\u00a3240), as per 22 nd April 2020 (see Appendix III), and an individual should not be given less than 5 dirhams (\u00a36). There is no zakat if a person is in debt or does not have savings of \u00a3240 kept over a year.

\n Introduction: \n Zak \u0101 t is one of the pillars of Islam, without paying Zak \u0101 t to its deserving person, Sal\u0101t is not accepted, initially Zak \u0101 t was only introduced on few agricultural produce but then its scope was broadened as people became better-off.\u00a0 When Muslims were poor, its lesser form \u2018Fitra\u2019 was made compulsory and is paid on the first of Shawwal, which is so little that almost everyone could afford it, except for the poor ones, and even they were encouraged to pay it among themselves.\u00a0 With this background, we look at the Ahadith of Masomeen -asws on Zak \u0101 t .