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Is zakat due on the principal amount or the total amount of money deposited in the bank, and is zakat obligatory on the father or the son if the father deposits money in his son's name?

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If the father transferred the money in the bank to his daughter's name, intending to make her its owner, then zakat is obligatory upon her. However, if he did not intend to make her its owner, then zakat is obligatory upon him.

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