What the UN Couldn’t Do in 80 Years, Zakat Can Do in 1 Month!

There's no shortage of food in the world, and no shortage of money — yet 1.1 billion people live in poverty and around 670 million go hungry. Why? In this video, we do the math: what if the world's billionaires and millionaires simply paid zakat — the obligatory 2.5% of their saved wealth every year? 📊 The numbers: • Ending extreme poverty and hunger: ~$400 billion a year (estimate) • Zakat from just 3,428 billionaires: ~$502 billion a year → covered in under 10 months • Zakat from all millionaires: ~$5 trillion a year → covered in under 1 month Allah gave us the solution 1,400 years ago. All we need to do is follow it. ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 Enough food, enough money — so why hunger? 0:25 Poverty in our world 1:30 "Mother, when will the rice be ready?" 1:51 Billionaires and millionaires 2:29 80 years of the UN 3:08 Zakat — Allah's system 4:18 Who receives zakat? (the 8 categories) 4:54 A simple example 5:20 The real math 6:13 How long would it take? 6:45 History is witness — Umar ibn Abdul Aziz 7:05 Why zakat is so powerful 7:51 The solution is right in front of us 📚 Sources: • UNDP Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2025 • World Bank — $3.00/day poverty line (2025) • FAO — The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2025 • Forbes Billionaires List 2026 • UBS Global Wealth Report (millionaire wealth — estimated) • Cost figure is an estimate; FAO/IFAD/WFP put the cost of ending hunger alone at $267 billion a year • Qur'an: 2:43, 9:34, 9:60, 59:7, 51:19 • Hadith: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 112, Sahih Muslim 2588 If this made you think, share it — it might be the reason someone pays their zakat this year. #Zakat #Islam #EndPoverty #ZeroHunger #IslamicEconomics #Muslim