ON THE SUBJECT OF 216 PAYING THE OBLIGATORY CHARITY Let us start by reading some verses from the Koran Allah, the Exalted says: "Establish your prayers, pay the obligatory charity, and bow with those who bow." 2:43 Koran "Yet they were ordered to worship Allah alone, making the Religion His sincerely, upright, and to establish their prayers and to pay the obligatory charity. That is indeed the Religion of Straightness." 98:5 Koran "Take charity from their wealth, in order that they are thereby cleansed and purified, and pray for them; for your prayers is a comforting mercy for them. Allah is Hearing, Knowing." 9:103 Koran