Distributing zakat
The purpose behind introducing this system was to diminish the economic inequality of society. Regrettably, we notice that it's not being practised accurately in our country.
The idea has been established among the zakat distributors that 'giving cheap clothes' is the most significant means of performing this religious duty. So, they purchase very cheap clothes (zakaater kapor) from a special market (!) and everyone joins the competition to demonstrate that he has been able to distribute zakat among the maximum number of people. But that is not the teaching of Islam.
The idea behind zakat is to remove the rich-poor gap as far as possible. So those giving it should realise the point and refrain from making a show of helping the poor.
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