Among those entitled to receive Zakat are the poor and the needy...

Among those entitled to receive Zakat are the poor and the needy, according to Allah the Almighty’s command in Surah at-Tawbah: “The charities are only for the poor and the needy” (9:60) Zakat al-fitrah (poor-tax on the day or ‘Eid al-Fitr) is compulsory for every adult and sane person who can financially support himself and his wife and children and other members of the household dependent on him. Its quantity is approximately 3 kilos of wheat, barley, or dates for every individual.

Khums Khums is a 20 percent obligatory Islamic tax on some items that we own under specific conditions. It is another kind of tax, which is compulsory on six things: the booty taken from an enemy in war; the pearls and minerals drawn from the sea; hidden treasures mineral…