PRAYER WHEN PAYING ZAKAT
By: Ahmad Syahrin Thoriq
When someone pays his zakat among the prayers that can be read are:
رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيْعُ الْعَلِيْمُ
"Our Lord, accept from us, verily You are the All-Hearing, All-Knowing."
Imam al Ghazali Rahimahullah said:
وتقول عند التصدق ربنا تقبل منا إنك أنت السميع العليم
"And you should say a prayer when giving alms: 'Our Lord, accept from us, verily You are the All-Hearing, all-Knowing."[1]
Al Imam Nawawi Rahimahullah said:
يُستحبّ لمن دفع زكاةً، أو صدقةً، أو نذراً، أو كفّارةً ونحو ذلك أن يقول: رَبَّنا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إنَّكَ أنْتَ السَّمِيعُ العليم، قد أخبرَ الله سبحانه وتعالى بذلك عن إبراهيم وإسماعيل صلى الله عليهما وسلم، وعن امرأة عمران
"And it is sunnah for people who give zakat, or give charity, or pay vows, or kefarat and the like to say: "Our Lord, accept from us, verily You are the All-Hearing, All-Knowing."
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Truly Allah ta'ala has preached (prayers) like this from the prophets Ibrahim and Ismail 'alaihimassalam and also from his wife Imran."[2]Wallahu a'lam
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[1] Ihya al Ulumuddin (1/352)
[2] Al Adzkar p. 188