Wealth, affluence, sufficiency, adequacy. Tech:
Relating to the law of zakat, a state at which one can dispense
with the material help of others. It excludes a person from the
category of beneficiaries of zakat and bars him from making any
lawful claim to the zakat fund. From the traditions of the
Prophet, the following stages of ghana may be deduced: (a) when a
person is in possession of a nisab of productive (nami) wealth
above what one requires to meet, for the whole year, his own needs
and of his dependants; (b) when no zakat is imposed but,
nevertheless, one is not lawfully allowed to accept it-this stage
is reached when, in addition to the basic necessities of life, one
owns an amount equal to, but not less than 200 dirhams of
unproductive wealth, such as the possession of clothing, a number
of dwelling houses and warehouses, and the possession of abandoned
household items and cattle heads, etc.; (c) when it is not
desirable for one to stretch forth one's hands in begging but one
is lawfully allowed to accept zakat if provided. This state is
reached when one is in possession of 50 dirhams or, one uqiyah of
silver or is in possession of solvency and livelihood or has
sufficient means for the morning and evening meals or when one is
physically fit enough to earn one's livelihood.
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