Explanation:

• Recently, the Grand Mufti of Dubai has declared that this year Zakat can be paid to those affected by Covid-19 or any disadvantaged person in the form of food or meals. Zakat or almsgiving to the poor and needy is one of the five important pillars of Islam.
• Zakat is an Islamic finance term referring to the obligation that an individual has to donate a certain proportion of wealth each year to charitable causes.
• Zakat is a mandatory process for Muslims and is regarded as a form of worship.
• Giving away money to the poor is said to purify yearly earnings that are over and above what is required to provide the essential needs of a person or family.
• Zakat is one of the Five Pillars of Islam: the others are declaration of faith, prayer, fasting during Ramadan and the Hajj pilgrimage.