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Is Zakat obligatory on bank deposits or investment certificates if their returns are used for necessities and no amount reaching the nisab remains from them?

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The ruling on bank deposits and investment certificates, and the ruling on their Zakat, has been detailed previously in fatwas numbered: 45557, 45580, 43817, and 43093. Zakat is obligatory on zakatable money if it reaches the nisab and a full year has passed over it, regardless of whether its profits are sufficient for needs or not. This is because Zakat is obligatory on the two currencies [gold and silver] and what is equivalent to them if they reach the nisab and a full year has passed over them, even if they are not invested.

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