Introduction to the law of zakat

Ethical values and moral concepts lie at the core of the Islamic system of zaka. Certain factors have troubled the international economy in the last half-century. A 'good life,' as understood in modern society, is not a life in which the necessities of life are plentiful; it is a life in which a person may enjoy many frivolous and unneeded industrial goods. The establishment of a prodigal ruling class is an affair that eventually leads, through a chain of events, to the decline of a people.