1) Zakah is usually translated as:

1. poor due or alms tax.
2. excise tax.
3. retail tax.
4. common charity.

2) On what basis does zakah have to be given?

1. On a weekly basis.
2. On a daily basis.
3. On a yearly basis.
4. Once in a lifetime.

3) Who is eligible to pay zakah?

1. A Muslim adult male or female.
2. A Muslim minor male or female.
3. An insane Muslim.
4. All of the above.

4) Islam categorizes Zakah as:

1. an obligatory charity.
2. a voluntary charity.
3. a onetime charity.
4. a compensational charity.

5) Zakah is to be paid on one's wealth only if:

1. he has no inheritors who will inherit his wealth.
2. his wealth reaches a minimum level called Nisaab.
3. he has more wealth than he needs to live a comfortable life.
4. he knows eligible recipients to give his wealth to.

6) What is the rate of zakah on savings?

1. 2.5%
2. 5%
3. 10%
4. 50%

7) According to the Quran, what will be the fate in the hereafter of those who refuse to pay zakah?

1. Their hoarded wealth will be sunken into the ground and buried forever.
2. Their hoarded wealth of gold and silver will be melted and they will be made to drink the hot molten liquid.
3. Their hoarded wealth will be heated in the fire of hell and with it their foreheads, their sides and their backs will be branded.
4. Their hoarded wealth of gold and silver will be melted and they will be made to drown in the hot molten liquid.

8) On which of the following possessions is zakah to be paid?

1. Gold
2. Cash and savings.
3. Silver
4. All of the above.

9) Identify the five pillars of Islam.

1. Prayer, zakah, fasting, jihad and hajj.
2. Shahadah, prayer, zakah, fasting and hajj.
3. Fasting, prayer, sadaqah, shahadah and hajj.
4. Shahadah, prayer, sacrifice, fasting and hajj.