Kamar salla, zakka a cikin Alkur'ani ka'ida ce ta gaba ɗaya ba tare da cikakken bayani mai yawa ba.
Like prayer, zakah in the Qur'an is an aggregate principle without much detail.
Alqur'ani ba ya ba da ƙimar zakka, nisab, nau'o'in dukiya da ake biyan zakka a kansu, ko sharuɗɗan wajabcin zakka. Sunnah, na magana da na aiki, ita ce ke bayar da cikakkun bayanan zakka. Sunnah ita ce madogara ta biyu ta Shari'a bayan Alqur'ani, saboda haka ba za a iya bayanin zakka ba tare da ita ba.
Qur'an does not give rates, nisab, kinds of wealth that are zakatable, or the conditions for zakatability. Sunnah, verbal and practical, provides the details of zakah. the second source of Shari'ah after the Qur'an, Sunnah is essential for any explanation of zakah.
Allah ya ce, "Kuma Mun saukar da Ambato zuwa gare ka domin ka bayyana wa mutane abin da aka saukar musu, kuma domin su yi tunani."1 Abu Dawud ya ruwaito cewa wani mutum ya ce wa Sahabi 'Imran bin Husain, "Ya Aba Nujaid, kai kana faɗa mana maganganu da ba mu samun su a cikin Alƙur'ani." 'Imran ya fusata, ya ce masa, "Shin ka samu 'A kan kowane dirhami arba'in, dirhami ɗaya ya wajaba', 'a kan kowace akuya ta kaza, akuya ɗaya ta wajaba', da 'a kan raƙuma kaza, adadin kaza ya wajaba' a cikin Alƙur'ani? Shin ka samu duk wannan a cikin Alƙur'ani?" Mutumin ya amsa, "A'a." Sai 'Imran ya tambaya, "To daga ina kake samun waɗannan? Ka karɓe su daga wurinmu, mu kuma mun karɓe su daga wurin Annabi ﷺ," ya kuma ambaci wasu abubuwa makamantan haka.2
God says, "And We have sent down unto thee the message that thou mayeth explain clearly to people what is sent for them, and that they may give thought."1 Abu Daud reports that a man told the Companion 'Imran bin Husain, "O Aba Nujaid, you tell us sayings that we do not find in the Qur'an" 'Imran was upset and told the man, "Dido you find 'On each forty dirhams, one dirham is obligated', 'on each so and so Goat, one Goat is obligated,"and 'on each so and so camels so much is obligated? Did you find all that in the Qur'an?" The man answered, "No." Then 'Imran asked, "Where do you get these from? You took them from us and we got them from the Prophet (p)," and he mentioned other similar matters.2