CHAPTER X

DIVINE TAX
Zakat is one of the five pillars of islam, its aim is to meet the social needs of the
Muslim Society and to improve the economic position in Islam.
The word Zakat means purification, blessing and increasing. It is a kind of protection
of the wealth of those who are rich. When a Muslim pays his zakat he is protecting his money
from unexpected disaster, for the prophet said, Protect your prophet by giving Zakat and
help your relatives to recover from their illness by giving charity.
Zakat is an obligatory payment, like a tax, and the English translation is poor dues
It could be called a divine tax, for it has been prescribed by God in the holy Quran and in the
sayings of the prophet. The holy Quran says in many places, Keep up regular prayer and
give Zakat, and one of the sayings of the prophet when Muaz was sent to Yemen was,You
will come to folk who are people of the book, so invite them to testify that there is no God
but God and that Muhammad is Gods Messenger. If they obey that, tell them that God has
made it obligatory for them to pray five times every twenty four hours. If they obey that, tell
them that God has made it obligatory for them for sadaqa to be taken from the rich and
handed over to the poor. If they obey that, do not take the best part of their property, and have
regard to the clain of him who is wronged, for there is no veil it and God.
There are many kinds of zakat: zakat al- fitr which is an obligatory payment by a
Muslim slave or freeman, male or female, young and old, and it should be made before Id
prayer. It is usually given from the food of the majority: rice, wheat, or grain. The cost of this
could be given instead and it is preferable, in a country like Indonesia, for it to be done by
giving money. Nowadays, one must pay Rp. 1,500.00 for each member of the family,
including the servant (if there is a servant) and ones parents, if one is responsible for them.
Ibn Abbas said that Gods messenger prescribed the zakat relating to the breaking of the fast
as a purification from empty and obscene words and as food for the poor.
Other kinds of zakat are zakat al-mal, meaning money zakat, either gold or silver,
zakat al-tijara,meaning trade zakat,zakat al-anam meaning cattle zakat, involving camels,
cows or sheep, zakat al-zuru wa al-thammar, meaning cereals and fruit.These last two are of
one kind. For zakat to be compulsory there must be to conditions: firstly, that it much reach
the nisab and, secondly, that it must havebeen owned by the prayer for one complete year.
Islam has prescribed zakat for all kinds of property for the benefit of needy people. It is not
always paid in money but, in some cases, in cattle, cereals and fruit asin africa and similar
countries. But in more developed countries, trade and business are the most common ways of
paying zakat and money is used for this purpose. The aim of collecting zakat is to serve
members of society and to meet their needs and help them to overcome the difficulties they
are facing. Some people are in difficulty because the heavent the ability to work, some
because they meet with disaster of some kind and some because they are old and need help.
zakat in islam is the source of security from any hardship for all members of society. Those
who have the right to receive money from zakat are mentioned in the holy Quran.
In case there is nobody who is need of zakat. It will be collected and the head
of the community will spend it for the benefit of the whole, using it for example, forthe
building of school, hospitals, mosques or other similar things.
 PAJAK ILAHI
Zakat adalah salah satu dari lima rukun islam, zakat bertujuan untuk memenuhi
kebutuhan sosial dari masyarakat muslim dan untuk memperbaiki ekonomi menurut
pandangan Islam.
Kata zakat berarti pemurnian, pemberkahan dan memperbanyak. Zakat adalah
semacam perlindungan kekayaan bagi orang-orang yang kaya. Ketika seorang muslim
membayar zakat, dia melindungi uangnya dari bencana yang tidak diharapkan, Nabi
bersabda, lindungilah harta milikmu dengan memberikan zakat dan bantulah keluargamu
untuk menyembuhkan penyakit mereka dengan berderma.
Zakat adalah suatu kewajiban pembayaran, seperti pajak, dan dalam terjemahan
bahasa Inggris adalah poor dues zakat dapat disebut pajak yang bersifat ketuhanan, zakat
telah ditentukan oleh Allah didalam Al-Quran dan dari sabda-sabda Nabi. Al-Quran berkata
didalam banyak tempat, langgengkanlah sholat fardlu dan berilah zakat,dan salah satu dari
sabda Nabi ketika Muaz dikirim ke Yaman adalah, kamu akan datang untuk orang-orang
yang ada didalam kitab, jadi ajaklah mereka untuk memberikan kesaksian bahwa tidak ada
Tuhan kecuali Allah dan bahwa Muhammad adalah utusan Allah. Jika mereka mematuhi itu,
ceritakanlah mereka bahwa Allah telah mewajiban mereka untuk sholat lima waktu setiap 24
jam. Jika mereka mematuhi itu, ceritakanlah mereka bahwa Allah telah mewajibkan mereka
untuk sadaqah yang diambil dari orang kaya dan diserahkan kepada orang miskin. Jika
mereka mematuhi itu, jangan mengambil bagian dari harta milik mereka, dan hormatilah
tuntutan darinya yang disalahkan, tidak ada tabir antara zakat dan Allah.
Ada banyak jenis zakat : zakat fitrah adalah suatu kewajiban membayar oleh seorang
muslim budak atau merdeka, laki-laki atau perempuan, muda dan tua, dan zakat fitrah akan
dilaksanakan sebelum sholat Id. Zakat fitrah biasanya mayoritas makanan pokok : beras,
gandum atau biji-bijian. Biaya makanan pokok dapat diberikan dengan pengganti dan itu
lebih baik, negara seperti Indonesia, zakat fitrah dapat dilakukan dengan memberi uang.
Saat ini, satu orang harus membayar Rp. 1,500.00 untuk setiap anggota dari keluarga,
termasuk pelayan (jika ada seorang pelayan) dan orang tua tunggal, jika seseorang
bertanggung jawab pada mereka. Ibn abbas berkata bahwa utusan Allah telah memerintahkan
zakat, menghubungkan kepada terselesaikannya puasa seperti sebuah pemurnian dari
kekosongan dan kata-kata carut dan seperti makanan bagi orang miskin.
Jenis-jenis lain dari zakat adalah zakat al-mal, berarti zakat uang, baik emas atau
perak; zakat al-tijara, berarti zakat perdagangan; zakatal-anam berarti zakat ternak, meliputi
unta, sapi, atau domba; zakat al- zuru wa al-thamar, berarti gandum dan buah-buahan. Kedua
zakat yang terakhir adalah satu jenis. Zakat menjadi kewajiban, disana harus terdapat 2
syarat: pertama, bahwa zakat harus mencapai 1 nisab dan kedua, bahwa zakat harus dimiliki
oleh pezakat selama 1 tahun penuh.
Islam telah menentukan zakat untuk semua jenis kekayaan untuk kepentingan orang-
orang yang membutuhkan. Zakat tidak selalu di bayar dengan uang, tetapi dengan beberapa
hal, dengan ternak lembu, gandum, buah-buahan seperti di Afrika dan negara-negara yang
sama. Tetapi di negara-negara berkembang, perdagangan dan bisnis adalah cara yang paling
umum dalam pembayaran zakat dan uang digunakan untuk tujuan ini. Tujuan dari
pengumpulan zakat adalah pengabdian masyarakat untuk memenuhi kebutuhan mereka dan
membantu untuk mengatasi kesulitan yang mereka hadapi. Beberapa orang yang berada
dalam kesulitan karena mereka tidak mempunyai kemampuan untuk bekerja, karena
menghadapi bencana dan beberapa karena mereka sudah tua yang membutuhkan bantuan.
 Zakat didalam Islam adalah sumber keselamatan dari kesulitan atas seluruh masyarakat.
Meraka yang mempunyai hak untuk menerima uang dari zakat telah disebutkan didalam kitab
suci Al-quran.
Jika tidak ada seseorang yang membutuhkan zakat, zakat itu akan dikumpulkan dan
kepala masyarakat akan mempergunakannya untuk manfaat bersama, penggunaannya sebagai
contoh, untuk pembangunan sekolah-sekolah, rumah sakit-rumah sakit, masjid-masjid atau
hal-hal serupa lainnya.
VOCABULARY
Wealth : kekayaan
Charity : derma, kemurahan hati
To testify : memberikan kesaksian
Veil : tabir, tutup, kerudung
Obscence : cabul
Disaster : bencana
Folk : rakyat, umat bangsa
Obligatory : wajib
Grain : padi-padian, biji-bijian
Property : harta milik

I. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO THE

PASSAGE ABOVE
1. What is the aim of collecting zakat ?(the aim of collecting zakat is to serve members of
society and to meet their needs and help them to overcome the difficulties they are facing)
2. What does the word zakat mean ?(the word zakat means purification, blessing
andincreasing)
3. What function does zakat have ?(to protect his money from unexpected disaster)
4. What did the prophet say about this ?(protect your property by giving zakat and help your
relatives to recover from their illness by giving charity)
5. What did God say about this zakat ?(keep up regular prayer and give zakat)
6. Where did Muadh go and what did the prophet say before sending him ?(Muadwentto
Yemen and one of the sayings of the prophet before sending him, you will come to folk who
are peopleof the book, so invite them to testify that there is no God but God and that
Muhammad is Gods messenger. If they obey that, tell them that God has made it obligatory
for them to pray five times every twenty four hours. If they obey that, tell them that God has
made it obligatory for them for sadaqa to be taken from the rich and handed overto the poor.
If they obey that, do not take the best part of their property, and have regard to the claim
of him who is wronged, forthere is no veil between it and God.)
 7. What does people of the book mean ?(peopleof the book mean people who
arementioned in the holy Quran.)
8. For whom is the zakat given ?(the zakat is given for the poor)
9. How many kinds of zakat do you know ?(five kinds)
10. When must the zakat al fitr be paid ?(the zakat al-fitr must be paid before the Id prayer)
11. Who must pay the zakat al fitr ?(the zakat al-fitr must be paid by a Muslim slave or freeman,
male or female, young and old)
12. How much rice must be given for each member of the family ?(onemust pay Rp.1.500.00 for
each memberof the family)
13. What is the source ofthe obligation ?(the source of the obligation is the holy Quranand the
sayings of the prophet)
14. What other things should be given as their zakat ?(it will be collected and the head of the
community will spend it for the benefit of the whole, using it for example, for the building of
schools, hospitals, mosques, or other similar things)
15. What are the conditions which should be fulfilled before paying the zakat ?(firstly, forthat it
must reach the nisab and, secondly, zakat must have been owned by the prayer one complete
year)
II. TEXT DISCUSSION
Fill in the blank to complete the sentence
1. The topic of the text above is :(an obligatory payment )
2. The meaning of zakat :( purification, blessing and increasing )
3. The definition of zakat :( zakatis an obligatory payment, like a tax, and the
Englishtranslation is poor dues )
4. The kinds of zakat ( see below ) :( zakatal-fitr, zakat al-mal, zakat al-tijara, zakat al-anam,
zakat al-zuru, zakat al-thamar )
5. The receivers of zakat :( are mentioned in the holy Quran (the poor) )
6. The conditions of zakat : ( firstly, that it must reach the nisab and, secondly, that it must have
been owned by the prayer for one complete year )
7. The source of zakat :( from the holy Quran and the sayings of the prophet )
8. Yhe function of zakat :( to protect his money from unexpected disaster )
9. The aim of zakat :( to meet the social needs of the Muslim society and to improve the
economic position in Islam )
10. The status of zakat :( one of the five pillars of Islam )

II. TEXT DISCUSSION

 Complete the blanks according to the text above.
Kinds of zakat :
1. Zakat al- fitr
2. Zakat al- mal
3. Zakat al- tijara
4. Zakat al- anam
5. Zakat al- zuru wa al- thamar
III. REFERENCE
Interpret the words in italics below by referring to the text
1. Its aim is to meet the social needs of muslim society
Its: zakat
2. When a muslim pays his zakat he is protecting his money ........
He : a muslim pays his zakat
3. ........ help your relatives to recover from their illness ........
Your :a muslim pays his zakat
Their : relatives
4. It could be called a divine tax, for it has been presented by God in the holy Quran.
It : zakat
It : zakat
5. You will come to folk who are people of the book, so invite them to testify that there is no
God but God .............
You : muaz
Them : people of the book
6. If they obey that, tell them that God has made it obligatory for them to pray five times a day.
They : people of the book
That : testify that there is no God but God and that Muhammad is Gods messenger
Them : peoplewho obey to testify that there is no God but God and thatMuhammad is
Gods messenger
7. If they obey that, tell them that God has made it obligatory for them for sadaqa
They :people of the book
That :pray five times every twenty four hours
Them:people who obey to pray five times every twenty four hours
8. ............. and it should be given before the Id prayer.
 It :zakat al- fitr
9. .............. if one is responsible for them.
Them :the servant and ones parents
10. Firstly, it must reach the nisab and secondly that it must have been owned by the prayer for
one complete year.
It :zakat

IV. VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT

Fill the blank with the words derived from the text.
1 .Some muslims if they have property, itshould be paid their zakat to purify the owner.
2. Zakat is an obligatory payment for those whose property has reached its nisab.
3 .Are you going to come to Alis wedding party ?
4. The order of zakat has been presscribed in the holy Quran.
5. Do you give zakat.
6. After fasting the whole month of Ramadan, a muslim celebretes Id al-Fitr by
performing Id prayerin the morning on the first of Shawwal.
7. Ali is one of myrelatives; he is my nephew.
8. There are certain compulsory which must be fulfilled before paying zakat.
9. In a country where zakat is not needed because of its prosperity, zakat could be used
for build social institutions such as hospitals, mosque and schools.
10. God always gives protecting to those who believe in him and follow His commands.
V. GRAMMAR IN FOCUS
Word building : derivative word
A. al ( suffix ) : Adjective
Example :
- The aim of zakat is to meet the social needs of muslim society.
- It is permitted by law. It is legal.
- This is essential to life. It is vital.
- After the written test the students took the oral test.
- There will be a formal exam after the course.
 Other words ending with al :
Economical, national, practical, textual, habitual, official, financial, provincial, commercial,
professional, vocational, factual, actual, educational, confidential, physical, psychological etc.
There are some words ending al as nouns:
- The arrival of the train will be delayed.
- We are waiting for approval from the department.

Other words ending al as nouns :

Refusal, denial, proposal, arousal etc.
B. ion ( suffix ) : Noun
- Zakat is a kind of protection of the wealth of those who are rich.
- The English translation of zakat is poor dues .
- The prescriptionof zakat was written in the Holy Quran.
- The regular prayer should be performed five times in a day and a night. This is
the regulation of God.
- Zakat is a kind of purification of empty and obscence words.
- The collection of zakat serves menbers of society and helps them to overcome difficulties.
C. ity ( suffix ) : noun
- The aim of zakat is to meet the social needs of muslim society
- It is usually given for the food of the majority.
- Zakat aims to overcome the difficulty because they have no ability to work.
- The head of the community is responsible for collecting zakat.
- The collction of zakat is one of this responsibilities.

Other ity Noun

Security capacity university
Faculty electricity density
Loyalty originalty humanity
Exercise
Put the words below into the blanks to suit sentence. Change the form of the word if
necessary.
Capacity ability operation observation
 Fact profession approval resident
Industry attention difficult intellect
Concept sex pollute form

1. He was an intellectual person. He is a graduate of an outstanding university.

2. It is necessary to dispose of all chemical waste in some way which prevent pollution.
3. The task for the student is very hard; it is beyond their capacity.
4. The difference was one of the concepts. There was a conception difference
5. The industry was developed by government to accelerate the peoples prosperity.
6. Because they were not trained well, they have no ability to do it
7. The matter was related to sex. It was a .. matter
8. His mother was a professional dress maker
9. They pay attention to what the teacher said
10. This is a hotel which has resident. It is a resident hotel.
11. He demonstrated how to perform the prayer. The . Was clear and interesting
12. They wanted a fact statement.
13. The operational of these machines require manual skill
14. The student cannot overcome has difficulty
15. The hill is a good place to make observation of the surrounding country side