ZEKÂTIN FARZİYETİNİN KUR’AN’IN NÜZUL SÜRECİ EKSENİNDE DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ.

Islam, taking into the consideration that the human being is a social creature, has taken the person for some responsibilities on behalf of the society. Zakat is one of these responsibilities. Like a lot of other Islamic laws, also zakat was commanded gradually, in a period of time. In this article we have dealt with the zakat, taking into account the chronological order of the surates. After a general introduction we have examined the topic under two titles; Macca period and Madina period. Then the process and the period of the institutionalization of the zakat is dealt with. As a result of assessments, we think that the zakat came into the question in the early years of Macca period, at this period the Muslim community was informed about the zakat and as opposed to the common view which says that the zakat has became a formal obligation in the second year of hijrah, the zakat was commanded at the period of Madina after the conquest of Macca. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]