4. Abin takaici, akwai wasu shakku da ke tattare da wasu Musulmi game da zakka.
4. Unfortunately, there are a few misgivings among some Muslims about zakah.
Wasu suna ganin sa a matsayin wani ƙaramin adadi da masu wadata ke bayarwa ga talakawa kawai don su biya bukatun rayuwarsu, su ajiye su a ƙasan layin talauci, watau su kasance cikin buƙatar sadaqar wadatattu ta wulaƙanci koyaushe. Wannan hoto bashi da wurin zama a cikin tsarin zakka a Musulunci, duk da cewa abin takaici mutane da yawa suna aiwatar da shi. Har ma mun ga wasu fitattun 'yan jarida a Masar suna rubutu cewa zakka ba ta dace da al'ummarmu ba, domin tsarin zamantakewa da tattalin arziki na zamani dole ne ya ginu ne a kan aiki da samarwa, ba a kan sadaka ba, kamar dai zakka sadaka ce kawai ga mabarata ko tallafi ga masu zaman banza. Wani marubuci kuma ya kira adalci na zamantakewa a Musulunci "gurguzanci na sadaka". Duk wannan yana nuna mummunar niyyar ɓatar da masu karatu, ko aƙalla babbar jahilci game da zakka, kuma yana jaddada buƙatar sabon bincike, wanda nake ganin wajibi ne a kan malaman Musulmi.
Some look at it as a very meager amount given by the rich to the poor only to sustain the latter's life and keep him barely at the poverty line, i.e. in permanent need of the condescendent charity of the rich. This picture has no place in the institution of zakah in Islam, though it is regrettably practiced by many. We even find some reputable journalists in Egypt writing that zakah does not fit our society because the contemporary social and economic systems must be based on work and production instead of charity as if zakah were simply a charity for beggars or a support for the idle14. Another writer called Islamic social justice "charity socialism"15. All this reveals an ill intention to mislead readers or at least an enormous ignorance about zakah and emphasizes the need for a new study which I believe is an obligation on Muslim scholars.
Masana harkokin kuɗi da tattalin arziki na Musulunci sun bayyana mamakinsu cewa ɗakin karatu na Musulmi na zamani ba shi da wani zurfi da cikakken bincike kan zakka duk da muhimmin matsayinta a cikin wannan addinin Musulunci16. Majalisar Koli ta Harkokin Musulunci a Ma'aikatar Awqaf ta ƙasar Masar ta ji wannan buƙata shekaru tara da suka wuce, ta hanyar sanar da zakka a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan manyan fannonin bincike, tare da ware kyaututtuka ga mafi kyawun takardun bincike da aka rubuta kan zakka. Wannan buƙata ta ƙara ƙarfi a Taron Bincike kan Musulunci da aka gudanar a Alkahira, a watan Maris na shekarar 1963, wanda malaman Musulmi daga sama da ƙasashe arba'in suka halarta. A cikin ƙudurinsu, mahalarta taron sun bayyana cewa "Batutuwan zakka, hanyoyin kuɗi a Musulunci, hanyoyin zuba jari, dangantakarsu da mutane da al'umma, da haƙƙoƙin mutum da na jama'a, su ne manyan batutuwan da ke damun zamani, domin waɗannan al'amura suna wakiltar wurin haɗuwar ibada da ɗabi'un zamantakewa a cikin Shari'ah. Saboda haka, Taron ya ɗauki waɗannan batutuwa a matsayin babban jigon zamansa na gaba17." Wannan binciken da ake gabatarwa yana neman cika manufofi kamar haka:
Researchers interested in financial and economic issues of Islam have expressed their surprise that the contemporary Mustim library lacks a serious and comprehensive study on zakah in spite of its important place in this religion of Islam16. The Higher Council of Islamic Affairs in the Ministry of Awqaf in Eqypt felt this need by announcing nine years ago zakah as one of few major research areas and allocating prizes to the best research papers written on zakah. This need was further stressed by the Congress on Islamic Research held in Cairo, March, l963, and attended by Muslim scholars from more than forty countries. In their resolution, the conferees declared "The issues of zakah, financial resources in Islam, means of investment, their relation to individuals and society, and the private and public rights are the major issues of contemporary concern because these subjects represent the point of convergence in Shari'ah of worship and social behavior. For this very reason, the Congress considers these issues as a main theme for its coming session17." The present piece of research endeavors to fulfill the following purposes:
A. Tattara nassosin da suka warwatsu daga asalinsu a cikin Alkur'ani, Hadisi, da tafsiri, da littattafan fiqhu na dukkan mazhabobi, da littattafan manufofin kudi da na addini, da littattafan al'adun Musulunci gabaki daya, sannan a sake tsara su a cikin jigo guda cikakke wanda ke taimakawa wajen fahimtar zakka a Musulunci.
A. Gathering the dispersed texts from their original sources in Qur'an, hadith, and commentaries as well as jurisprudence books of all schools of thought, books on financial and religious policies and general books on Islamic culture, and rearrange them in one whole theme that helps to understand zakah in Islam.
B. Binciken bambance-bambancen ra'ayi da sabanin malamai da nufin neman ra'ayoyi mafi inganci bisa hujjojin Shari'a, bukatun Musulmi da muradansu na zamani gama-gari.
B. Investigating the differences and disagreements among scholars in an attempt to find the most sound opinions in the light of the evidence in Shari'ah, Muslims' needs and their common contemporary interests.
C. Amsa tambayoyi game da zakka da ke tasowa daga hanyoyin tattalin arziki na zamani, tambayoyi ba za su ci gaba da kasancewa a yi watsi da su ba.
C. Answering questions on zakah arising from modern economic practices, questions cannot continue neglecting anymore.
D. Ƙoƙarin bayyana yanayin zakka a matsayin wajibi na Musulunci, tare da kwatanta ta da sauran haraji na zamani, da nuna kamanceceniya da bambance-bambancen da ke tsakaninsu.
D. Attempting to reveal the nature zakah as an Islamic obligation, comparing it with other modern taxes, and showing the similarities and differences between them.
E. Gabatar da manufofi da burikan zakka da tasirinta ga al'ummar Musulmi wajen magance matsaloli kamar talauci, fatara da bara, da kuma wajen fuskantar wahalhalun zamantakewa da tattalin arziki, tare da nuna fifikon zakka dangane da hadin kan al'umma da inshorar zamantakewa.
E. Presenting the objectives and goals of zakah and its effects on Muslim society in solving problems like poverty, destitution, and begging and in facing socio-economic miseries and showing the precedence of zakah with regard to social solidarity and social insurance.
F. Gyara shakku game da zakka, waɗanda ke tasowa sakamakon rashin fahimta ko kuskuren aiwatarwa, da kuma muhawara kan ƙin-yarda da maƙiyan Musulunci suka gabatar.
F. Correcting misgivings about zakah, which are caused by misunderstanding or erroneous application anl debating objections raised by the enemies of Islam.