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the Qur’ân, to Muslims who render service to the religion orperform jihâd. If he distributes them to those whom it is notpermissible to give and those who do not perform salât, he willnot be rewarded in the next world though he will escape thepunishment of not paying zakât. He returns the gold to theperson from whom he has borrowed it. If he has to give morezakât, he repeats this procedure.To a person with îmân, worshipping is not difficult but easyand sweet.52 - Again, in the book World’s Peace and Islam, SeyyidQutb wrote:“Some people say on behalf of the religion, ‘The [money andany] property the zakât of which has been paid might not beconsidered as the property stocked, for the duty concerningproperty is zakât only. After zakât is paid there is nothing wrongin withholding property from circulation, [i.e. in not using it atall].’ This is not true. The owner of personal property cannotwithhold it from circulation or reserve it. In order to meet theneed of Bayt al-mâl, the government may commandeer it, takethe excess of it and distribute it to the poor.”This is not an expression of objective learning orunderstanding, but it is his own opinion and thought. He wantedto adapt Islam to his own point of view and political thoughts.Hadrat al-Imâm ar-Rabbânî, whom Mawdûdî also had to praise,wrote:“He who wants to attain endless bliss should adapt himselfto Muhammad (’alaihi ’s-salâm). To become honoured byfollowing him, it is not necessary to abandon the worldaltogether. When zakât, which is fard, is paid, the world willhave been abandoned. The property will escape harm, for, theproperty the zakât of which has been paid becomes immune toharm. The remedy of rescuing worldly property from harm is topay its zakât. Though it is better to give all property, paying itszakât is equivalent to giving all of it.” [1]The property of which zakât has been given does not harmits owner no matter how long it is kept in its owner’s possession.It is not a guilt to withdraw a property from circulation if its zakâthas been given. If the government commandeers this property,[1] Maktûbât, I, 165th letter.- 213 -