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Understanding Zakat in Islamic Law by Muris Supic is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) Zakat in Islamic law is considered both a philanthropic practice and a government tax, creating tension between state and individual rights. 2) Early Islamic rulers like Abu Bakr argued the state had a right to collect Zakat, though some tribes refused, seeing it as apostasy. 3) Through the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, people questioned unjust rulers
- Author
- Muris Supic
- Language
- EN