Zakat ensures direct wealth transfer from the rich to the poor, addressing basic needs and reducing poverty systematically.
Zakat ensures direct wealth transfer from the rich to the poor, addressing basic needs and reducing poverty systematically.
By boosting the purchasing power of the poor, zakat stimulates demand and investment while supporting long-term productivity through skill development.
Zakat targets surplus wealth, not income or consumption, placing no burden on the poor and promoting equitable contribution from the affluent.
It offers a non-contributory safety net for the needy, unlike conventional systems tied to formal employment or prior payments.
Zakat fosters solidarity, narrows inequality, and strengthens community bonds through ethical redistribution.
As a pillar of Islam, zakat instills accountability to Allah and promotes responsible, compassionate economic behavior.
Zakat ensures direct wealth transfer from the rich to the poor, addressing basic needs and reducing poverty systematically.
Boosts poor’s purchasing power, stimulating demand, investment, and skill growth.
Targets surplus wealth; no burden on the poor; fair contribution from the affluent.
Offers a non-contributory safety net to all in need.
Promotes solidarity, reduces inequality, strengthens bonds.
Core pillar of Islam, fostering accountability and compassion.
Welfare relies on inefficient redistribution, often lost to corruption or elite capture.
High taxes + wealth concentration hurt demand and discourage investment.
Burden on income, wages, consumption; poor and middle class hit hardest.
Excludes informal workers; coverage is limited and often ineffective.
Inequality fosters resentment and division.
Purely legal obligation; evasion is common.
