Question Summary:
Zakat

Question Detail:

Is there any preferred method on giving zakaat, and what are the guidelines that make it obligatory on you to give it and receive it? If there is a website/article you trust or if you have already addressed this question on this issue already, i would appreciate the link.

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Below are two links that explain zakah in detail:
http://askimam.org/public/question_detail/27329
http://askimam.org/public/question_detail/17114
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Zakariya Memon
Student Darul Iftaa
Chatham, Canada 
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
Daruliftaa.net