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  Your Zakat is a beautiful form of charity, and one of the five pillars of Islam; it is a form of giving that removes you from greed and provides the less fortunate with the support they need. When you make your Zakat donations with Penny Appeal, our 100% Zakat policy assures that 100% of your donations are going straight to the people who need it most – giving you 100% of the rewards! In 2019, all your  Zakat  donations helped us care for orphans, support the elderly, promote education, deliver food to the hungry and provide fresh, clean water to those in need, Alhamdulillah! We were able to provide aid to thousands of people because of your Zakat, and that’s brought on some life-changing results. It’s once again time to make a difference with your Zakat but before going off to calculate your Zakat or  choosing one of our appeals  to send your Zakat to, let’s have a look at some of the wonderful things you did with your Zakat last year! people in Norther...

  The first point that we have to understand is that Qurbani (Udhiyah) is prescribed at a particular time just like salah/prayer is at a prescribed time. Fasting is prescribed in Ramadan. Hajj is prescribed at a specific time. Udhiyah is an act of worship that has a start and an end time. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا نَبْدَأُ مِنْ يَوْمِنَا هَذَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ، ثُمَّ نَرْجِعَ فَنَنْحَرَ، فَمَنْ فَعَلَ فَقَدْ أَصَابَ سُنَّتَنَا ‏”‏‏.‏ He said that “the first thing we do on this day is we pray, i.e. the prayer of Eid and then we return back then we perform our slaughter or sacrifice and whoever has done so, then they have followed my sunnah”. And so, performing the Udhiyah begins at the time after the prayer of Eid has taken place and the Prophet ( ﷺ ) said specifically: “whoever does it beforehand, it’s not accepted.” He said, وَمَنْ ذَبَحَ قَبْلَ Whoever has done their slaughter before this time, فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ لَحْمٌ عَجَّلَهُ لأَهْلِهِ All he has...