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Travellers (ibn al-sabil): This refers to those travellers who are in a desperate situation and have no access to their personal money. Money nowadays can be wired across the globe in a matter of minutes, hence, one who has the ability to receive his money, will not be allowed to take Zakat or Sadaqat al-Fitr.}} | Travellers (ibn al-sabil): This refers to those travellers who are in a desperate situation and have no access to their personal money. Money nowadays can be wired across the globe in a matter of minutes, hence, one who has the ability to receive his money, will not be allowed to take Zakat or Sadaqat al-Fitr.}} | ||
It is estimated that Muslims annually donate zakat sums amounting to tens or even hundreds of billions in US dollars for needy causes.<ref>[ | It is estimated that Muslims annually donate zakat sums amounting to tens or even hundreds of billions in US dollars for needy causes.<ref>[http://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/i-just-found-out-that-a-quarter-of-the-global-population-already-pays-an-annual-wealth-tax-has-anyone-told-piketty/ Oxfamblogs.org: 1/4 of the world’s people already subject to large annual wealth tax to tackle poverty. Has anyone told Piketty?]</ref> | ||
==Controversies== | ==Controversies== | ||