Iyini iZakat?

Minyaka yonke, ikakhulukazi phakathi nenyanga yeRamadan, amaSulumane ngobuningi emhlabeni wonke akhokha imali eyimpoqo ebizwa ngokuthi iZakat, umsuka wayo ngesi-Arabhu usho ukuthi "ubumsulwa". Ngakho-ke i-Zakat ibhekwa njengendlela yokuhlanza nokuhlanza imali engenayo nengcebo kulokho ngezinye izikhathi okungaba izindlela zezwe nezingcolile zokuzuza, ukuze kuzuze isibusiso sikaNkulunkulu. Njengoba ingenye yezinsika ezinhlanu zamaSulumane, iQuran nama-hadith anikeza imiyalelo enemininingwane yokuthi lesi sibopho kufanele sigcwaliseke kanjani futhi nini amaSulumane.