Zakat Questions and Answers
"Of their goods, take zakat, so that you might purify and sanctify them."
(Qur'an 9:103)
I gave a lot of money to charity over the year, doesn't that count as zakat?
For a donation to qualify as zakat, there must be a clear intention present, either when you separate the zakat money from the rest of your wealth, or when you make the zakat payment.