Jamia Mosque Nairobi played host to Zakah workshop that brought together Imams and Muslim community leaders to deliberate on the institution of Zakat.

The two day workshop held at Jamia Multi-purpose Hall also organized sensitization forum for Muslim women that called for organized collection and distribution of Zakat in order to eradicate poverty in the Muslim community and bring about a paradigm shift in social empowerment.

Guest speaker Dr Islam Muhammad Salim

 The main objectives of the workshop were; to provide a foundation upon which all subsequent chapters will be based, outline the general principles meanings and rulings that govern the laws of zakat, disseminate knowledge on Sharia aspects of Zakat collection and distribution, the legal and administrative aspects of Zakat collections and distribution and the challenges.

Guest speaker Dr Islam Muhammad Salim stressed on the importance of Muslims fulfilling their obligation towards the Zakah saying that it is one of the five pillars of Islam and it is an obligatory practice upon every adult Muslim of sound mind and means.