It remains for the community to become versed as to the...

It remains for the community to become versed as to the expansive scope of the term ‘zakat’ as well as the legal evidences underlying the limited scope of items liable for the Zakat levy in Imami law. Finally, it is to be hoped that the Islamic Education team will continue to bring forth more of this genre of literature, in response to the Prophetic tradition[^14] which is clearly its inspiration. Afzal Sumar · London · 9/9/09 [^1]: These are traditions, numbers: 5,6,7,8 and 21.

[^2]: These items are nine in number and they are: (Coins): silver and gold, (Cattle): camels, cows, sheep and goats; (Crops): wheat, barley, dates and raisins. For further details, refer to Ayatullah Sistani, Islamic Laws, United Kingdom, 1994, pg. 336. [^3]: See the tradition of Muhammad al-Tayyar in al-Hurr al-Amili, Wasail al - Shi’a vol. 6, pg. 36, cited in S.M.

Rizvi, Zakat in Shi’a Fiqh, pg 2, available from: http://www.al-mubin.org/attachments/233Zakat%20revised.pdf as well as from: http://www.dartabligh.org/, and the authentic tradition of Fudhala from both Imams al-Baqir and al-Sadiq (as) in Wasail al-Shi’a vol. 6, pg 34, cited in Baqir al-Irawani, Tafsir Ayat al-ahkam min al-Qur’an, Beirut, 2004, vol. 1, pg 175.

[^4]: Imami Shi’a legal specifications of Zakat would of course still perfectly apply to those economies that are agrarian, livestock or mineral based. [^5]: For examples, see traditions, numbers: 1,2,18 and 19 in this publication. [^6]: For an example, see traditions numbers: 3 and 4 in this publication. [^7]: E.W.Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, Beirut, 1968, vol.3, pg 406 and J.M.Cowan, The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, New York, 1976, pg 379.

[^8]: See traditions, numbers: 9,10,11 and 12 in this publication. [^9]: E.W.Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, Beirut, 1968, vol.3, pg 406 and J.M.Cowan, The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, New York, 1976, pg 379. The 2nd and 5th forms of this verb specifically mean ‘to purify’. See also traditions, numbers: 9 and 38 in this publication where the 2nd from is used and translated as ‘purification’.

For examples of the 5th form used with the same connotation, see Qur’an 20:76, 35:18, 79:18. [^10]: For more examples, refer to Qur’an 92: 18, where the 5th form is used in reference to purifying wealth and Qur’an 18:19, where the 1st form superlative is used in reference to food.