Hawl
Hawl is the full lunar year that qualifying wealth must stay at or above the nisab threshold before zakat is due. If the wealth drops below the threshold before the year completes, the clock resets. Some categories, such as zakat on crops, don't require a hawl.
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When is the hawl (one year) for zakat calculated: Is it from the date of receiving the price of the real estate, or from the date of purchasing commercial lands with it? And is the brokerage fee for the lands added to their value when calculating zakat? And how is zakat calculated if the buying, selling, and exchange of lands are repeated, or if their price is held back to search for other lands? And can the zakat of lands be combined with the zakat of money, and when does this happen?
The zakat on trade goods follows the original asset with which they were purchased in terms of the Hawl (lunar year). The Hawl for lands bought for trade begins from the time ownership of the money used to purchase them…
What is the zakatable threshold (nisab) to be considered for accumulated wealth if the nisab changes between the beginning and the end of the Hawl (lunar year), and should one consider the declared nisab at the time the Hawl is completed, or the prevailing nisab throughout the year?
The nisab (minimum threshold for zakat) is fixed and unchangeable. It is five awāq of silver (approximately 595 grams) or twenty dinars of gold (approximately 85 grams). Paper currencies are valued at the lower of the…
Is the value of zakat for gold determined by its weight at the beginning of the hawl (zakatable year) or at its end, if its weight increased during the hawl?
If the amount of gold a person owns increases while it is already at the nisab (minimum taxable amount), there are two scenarios: 1. If the new gold came into his possession through a gift or inheritance: The new gold…
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How is Zakat calculated on speculative shares in the Saudi market if the company pays Zakat, and is Zakat paid on the full market value or on the difference between it and what the company pays, knowing that the company pays Zakat annually? And how can double Zakat be avoided? Is Zakat paid on what has completed its hawl (lunar year) and what has not completed it on a specific day of the year?
1. Is zakat due on all merchandise in a store at the end of the year, knowing that some of it has not yet reached its hawl (one lunar year), while other parts have remained for more than a hawl? And is the value of raw materials included in the zakat calculation? 2. Does the calculation of zakat on an abaya begin from the time the payment for its raw materials is received? 3. If gold reaches the nisab (minimum threshold) but cash alone does not, is zakat due on both or only on the gold? 4. Is zakat due on commercial goods purchased for the purpose of sale and sold within a year, assuming that the money received from them will be spent within the same year? 5. If the nisab is 10, and a person owns a total of 15, but only 5 of that has reached its hawl, is zakat due on these 5?
If a woman exchanged her gold that reached the Nisab for other gold during the hawl (the lunar year), does she begin a new hawl for the second gold she purchased?