Is Zakat obligatory on an investment deposit, and can a deposit be broken to meet a need, and what is the wisdom behind paying Zakat from profit?
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is obligatory on the investment deposit and its accrued profit, at a rate of 2.5% for previous years. Wealth does not grow except through permissible trade and financial transactions free from usury or any resemblance of it.
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