Sunni Muslims and rulers, for example, considered collection and disbursement of zakat as one of the functions of an Islamic state; this view has continued in modern Islamic countries | , Second Edition |
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La Riba Journal Ekonomi Islam | 15: "In the old Arabic narratives about the early Muslim community and its conquests and quarrels, zakat and sadaqa loom large at several moments of crisis |
Neither the Quran nor the Hadiths specify the relative division of zakat into the above eight categories | , it is reported that no one in Medina needed the zakat |
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After him, zakat came more to be considered as an individual responsibility | King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, , Dar al Taqwa, London, , pp |
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For example, some scholars consider the wealth of children and insane individuals zakatable, others don't | 1994 , The vision of Islam, IB Tauris, London, , p |
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Representatives of the include propagation of Islam and any struggle in righteous cause among permissible ways of spending, while others argue that zakat funds should be spent on social welfare and economic development projects, or science and technology education | : h8 |