Eight recipients of zakat
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Submitted by Carl Goldberg, Sep 18, 2014 01:22

The eight recipients of zakat were not dreamed up by the Muslim Brotherhood. They come straight from the Qur'an, 9:60.

"Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to the truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of God; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by God, and Godis full of knowledge and wisdom." (9:60) - See more at: http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0909-3952#sthash.9HrC0QxF.dpuf

"Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to the truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of God; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by God, and Godis full of knowledge and wisdom." (9:60) - See more at: http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0909-3952#sthash.9HrC0QxF.dpuf

"Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to the truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of God; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by God, and Godis full of knowledge and wisdom." (9:60) - See more at: http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0909-3952#sthash.9HrC0QxF.dpuf

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