- Punishment and loss for not giving Zakah

Allah has also stated ' those who collect silver and gold and do not spend it in the path of Allah then they will be given severe punishment and give them the good news that when they are heated in the fire of Hell and with that their foreheads and sides and backs will be marked and they will be told that this is that gold and silver which you gained for your desire and so taste what you had gained'.

The Holy Prophet Sallallaho Alaihi Wasallam has reported that 'the goods that are destroyed, are destroyed due to not giving Zakah'. He has also reported that 'strengthen your possession by giving Zakah and heal your sick by giving Sadqa and pray to deter any difficulties and cry and perform worship'.
He has also reported that 'Allah Ta'ala has made four things obligatory and those who only perform three of them and miss one then it will be of no use to them until all four things are not performed. Namaz, Roza, Zakah and Hajj, and he stated that those who do not give Zakah, their Namaz is not accepted [Tibrani, Abu Da'ud, Imam Ahmad].

1) Zakah is Farz and those who reject it as Farz are infidels and those who do not give Zakah are wrongdoers and worthy of execution and those who delay and do not give Zakah on time are sinners and their testimony or oath will not be accepted [Alamgiri, Bahar]. According to Shariat, Zakah is defined as from your goods to take one part for Allah which has been fixed by Shariat and to make a Muslim poor person the owner of it.

2) To replace something is not giving Zakah, for example, to feed a poor person with the intention of giving Zakah as this would not be making the person the owner of the money. However, if food is given and whether he eats it or takes it with him then this will be counted as giving Zakah and in the same way if clothing is given with the intention of Zakah then the Zakah will be fulfilled [Durr-e-Mukhtar].

3) It is also a condition to make someone the owner that knows how to accept it , meaning if someone throws it away or is easily fooled into giving it away then this is not counted as making someone the owner, for example if a small child or an insane person is given Zakah then it will not count. If the child does not have sense then the Zakah should be given to his father who should also be poor and then should be made the keeper or the child's guardian or person looking after the child [Durr-e-Mukhtar, Radd-ul-Mohtar, Bahar].