1- The degree of need, a starving person must be given priority. 2- The person’s relation to the payer of Zakah: a relative is preferred over non-relative (the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “It is Zakah and a link [to the heart of a relative].”. A neighbor is also given priority. 3- The degree of religiosity of the The Malikis permit giving of one's entire zakat to a single recipient provided he is not a collector of zakat, because he may not take more than the remuneration of his work. The Shafi’is are of the opinion that it is obligatory to so spread out the zakat as to include all the eight categories, if they exist; in the absence of some of them it Donating your zakat to e.g. an WWF or Wikipedia or any other organisation, that may very well need it, but falls outside this framework would not count as zakat. You may give zakat to your relatives if they themselves don't pay zakat (because they do not own wealth), but not to your parents, children nor siblings - those you are obliged to Muslims are taught that wealth is a pleasure of this life and that one can be distracted by this pleasure. The true believer is the one that deals with his wealth as if it is merely a worldly matter. Muslims are taught that their wealth does not follow them in the afterlife. Muslims are warned in the Quran not to hoard their wealth and to be Answer. Praise be to Allah. We praise Allaah for having guided you, and we ask Allaah to make you steadfast and know that Allaah is Forgiving and Most Merciful. He rejoices over the repentance of His slave, even though He has no need of His creation. We ask Allaah to bestow more of His bounty upon you. You have to pay the zakaah of the past Giving Sadaqah gives you the virtue of entering paradise through this gate. “But those who feared their Lord will be driven to Paradise in groups until, when they reach it while its gates have been opened and its keepers say, “Peace be upon you; you have become pure; so enter it to abide eternally therein,” (Quran 39:73) 6. The concept of Zakat is that it is supposed to be a method for Muslims to cleanse and purify their wealth. The purpose of poor-due is that by giving it, you are completing one of the obligations Allah has made mandatory upon you. In Surah Taubah, Verse 18, Allah mentions establishing prayer and giving Zakat in the same verse. Judaism, like many subsequent faiths, believes in tithing, that is, giving one-tenth of one’s income for tzedakah. The Talmud also warns us against giving more than a fifth of one’s income, thereby incurring the danger of ending up destitute and in need of tzedakah. There are other ways of giving tzedakah besides the straight donation of money. ANtdej.