someone else's money in your pocket

ramadhan is just around the for me(because i always tune on raya songs!). before raya usually malaysian will go for a raya shopping from the bonus money they get! its just like heaven for everyone especially kids. they can get new cloths or even toys.

but dont you think that then bonus money you get 2.5 % is not yours. its for others. the one who needy such as orphan. is still remember this song from black dog bone:

Bila tiba hari raya

Semua insan bergembira

Tetapi bagiku hanya kesedihan

Yang menyelubungi hidup

Ayah dan juga ibuku

Telah pergi selamanya

Terbiarlah aku ibarat musafir

Yang haus di padang pasir

Siapakah yang sudi

Menghulurkan simpati

Kepada nasibku ini

Agar dapat kurasa

Nikmat di hari raya

Seperti insan yang lain

Ku meminta dan berdoa

Kepada Yang Maha Esa

Tabahkan hati berilah pedoman

Cahaya Di Aidil Fitri

from this song, dont you think that 2.5% of your bonus should be for them?. its hard to give zakat? im not surprise because right after Prophet Muhammad S.A.W death there were a group of muslimin that dont want to pay for zakat.just imagine, they were giving the chance to live with Prophet Muhammad S.A.W but still after his death they dont want to follow what he said. but thanks to Caliph ABu Bakar who manage to make people pay their zakat back

actually Allah is testing us whether we still remember HIM when HE give us wealth. maybe we think that its ours because we work for that money and why on earth we have to share with other?. please remember this when u get something, all those wealth come from Allah and HE is picking you to be one of his worker by distributing the wealth. its for our own good

Ambillah (sebahagian) dari harta mereka menjadi sedekah (zakat), supaya dengannya engkau membersihkan mereka (dari dosa) dan mensucikan mereka (dari akhlak yang buruk) dan doakanlah untuk mereka, kerana sesungguhnya doamu(Muhammad) itu menjadi ketenteraman bagi mereka dan (ingatlah) Allah Maha Mendengar, lagi Maha Mengetahui

Surah at-Taubah, ayat 9


during Caliph Umar al-Khattab's era, there were no poverty. because everyone paying for zakat and He distribute is honestly for the needy. dont we want that kind of goverment? which 0% poverty. all of this can happen if we pay for zakat.

there are many benefits for zakats, such as we can use all of those money to support islam youngster in their studies (fisabililah-in the way of Allah), then we wont hear any along's cases that involving muslims (al-gharimin-Those in debt) and i think if all of us paying for zakat, there wont be any tv program like BersamaMu