Zakaat - Rules and modern issues

Glad tidings for those who give their Zakaat

There are glad tidings for those give Zakaat.  They have been promised great reward and success.  Allah Most High says in the Holy Quran:

And (how righteous they are!) they establish the Prayer regularly, and pay Zakaat (the Alms-due) persistently, and keep faith in Allah and the Day of Resurrection.  Surah Nisa (4:162)

Allah Most High says in Surah A’araaf:

So, very soon I shall prescribe this (mercy) for those who adopt Godwariness and pay Zakaat (the Alms-due) regularly, and it is they who have faith in Our Revelations.  Surah A’araaf (7:156)