I-Zakat, enye yezinsika ezinhlanu zika-Islam, futhi iyisibopho esibekwe kuwo wonke umuntu omu-Muslim ocebile ukuba anikele ingxenye ethile yempahla yakhe kwabadinga usizo. Kulesi sigaba, izibopho ze-zakat, izimpahla okufanele kukhishwe kuzo i-zakat, izinga le-zakat, abantu okufanele banikwe i-zakat, kanye nesikhathi okufanele kukhishwe ngaso i-zakat, konke kuchazwa ngemininingwane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinzuzo ezingokomoya ze-zakat, umehluko phakathi kwe-zakat ne-sadaqah, izimpahla okufanele kukhishwe kuzo i-zakat (igolide, isiliva, imali, impahla yezohwebo, njll.), kanye nezinto okufanele zicatshangelwe lapho kukhishwa i-zakat, konke kuxoxwa ngakho kulesi sigaba.