Zakkah ɗaya ce daga cikin rukunnan Musulunci guda biyar wadda ta ke zama wajibi a kan dukkan wani musulmi namiji da mace, yaro da babba. Ana fitar da ita ne daga cikin dukiyar da ta kai wani adadi na musamman sannan kuma ta kai wani lokaci kebantacce zuwa ga wadansu kebantattun mutane. Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki yana cewa a cikin Alqur'ani mai girma a cikin suratul Baƙarah, وَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَآتُواْ الزَّكَاةَ وَارْكَعُواْ مَعَ الرَّاكِعِينَ Aya-43. Masu cin Zakka mutane takwas ne (8) kamar yadda Ayar Alqur'ani tayi bayani akansu Talakawa (Faqirai) A kan Tafarkin Allah (Fi sabilillihi) Bayi Waɗanda ake jansu zuwa musulunci Miskinai Matafiyi wanda bada saɓon Allah ba Waɗanda ake bi bashi Masu aiki a kan dukiyan zakka wadanda bai kamata aba zakka ba sune; Masu arziki Wanda sukayi ridda watau suka bar Addinin Musulunci Wannan Muƙalar guntuwa ce: tana buƙatar a inganta ta, kuna iya gyara ta. Nura Bala, Ibrahim (22 September 2018). "Hukumar raba zakka na jihar Sokoto ta bada tallafin N 7.4m ga gajiyayyu a jihar". legit.hausa.ng. Retrieved 22 November 2021.