The definition of zakah and that it is a form of charity.

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The Shaykh : And zakah, my brothers, is a form of charity, as Allah the Exalted said:

Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives

إنما الصدقات للفقراء والمساكين والعاملين عليها والمؤلفة قلوبهم وفي الرقاب

[At-Tawbah 9:60]

So zakah is among the charities, because Allah says:

Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together

إنما الصدقات للفقراء والمساكين والعاملين عليها والمؤلفة قلوبهم

[At-Tawbah 9:60]

And if zakah is among the charities, then every text that encourages charity, incites desire for it, and explains its virtue includes zakah, a fortiori.

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