Subject: [Masjid Tucson] Submission weekly reminder

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you,

By God's grace, we are blessed to live in a time where food is plentiful. In the past, hunter-gatherer societies spent a large part of their time acquiring food. Today, all we have to is go to a store and choose what we want. Thank you God.

With this abundance, comes a responsibility of being charitable and not wasting (Quran 6:141).

    Zakat Must Be Given "On The Day Of Harvest"*
[Quran 6:141] He is the One who established gardens, trellised and untrellised, and palm trees, and crops with different tastes, and olives, and pomegranate ―fruits that are similar, yet dissimilar. Eat from their fruits, and give the due alms on the day of harvest,* and do not waste anything. He does not love the wasters.

*6:141 Zakat charity is so important, the Most Merciful has restricted His mercy to those who give it (7:156). Yet, the corrupted Muslims have lost this most important commandment; they give Zakat only once a year. We see here that Zakat must be given away "On the day we receive income." The proportion that came to us through Abraham is 2.5% of our net income.


With God's help, we are among those who appreciate His bounties, give to charity and avoid wasting anything.


References:
Hunger and appreciation, http://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2017/sep/page3.html
Food: Feed the poor, http://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/1999/jun/page2.html
Food: Don't waste, http://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/1999/jul/page3.html


Peace.