Debt and Zakat
340 questions
Is zakat due only on the principal amount inherited from the mother, or on the principal amount plus the returns from bank certificates in which the father has invested this money?
Is zakat obligatory on gold if its owner has a debt equal to the value of the gold?
What is the ruling on paying Zakat on a debt, and what is its amount?
Is it permissible to give Zakat on wealth to one's father and married sister in light of difficult financial circumstances?
Is it permissible to discharge the debt of a poor and indebted person in lieu of expiation for an oath, by analogy with the impermissibility of discharging it in lieu of Zakat?
Is it permissible to purchase books necessary for a student of knowledge from Zakat funds, knowing that he owns two apartments rented out to cover their cost, and has no other source of income besides the allowance from his parents?
Is it permissible for a woman who owns an old two-room house from which she receives a meager rent, and lives in another house, and has two bracelets, and is in debt, and her income is limited and not sufficient for living expenses, and has no guardian except her sons and daughters who are unable to pay off her debts and repair the house, and whose husband has passed away, to take from zakat to repair her old house and pay off her debts?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to a charitable project, such as purchasing a device for spreading Islamic concepts without profit, operated by a volunteer who receives no wage?
Is Zakat permissible for a sister in debt who owns cars, whose children are university students, and who needs to pay off her debts, house rent, and electricity bills?
Must a debt be deducted from the zakat on crops before it is given?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat al-Mal (charitable giving on wealth) to a project for printing the Noble Quran?
Is zakat due on the full amount (10,000 EGP) or on the remaining amount (5,000 EGP) after half of it was borrowed from a relative, upon the completion of the hawl (one year)?
Is it permissible to pay zakat in monthly installments to support certain families, and is it obligatory to make up for nine years of delayed zakat due to ignorance of its obligation?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat by renting an apartment to a needy Azhari student, knowing that the rental value exceeds the amount of Zakat due?
What is the ruling on the zakat of a debt that has been outstanding for a year, but the debtor is unable to repay his debt, and is it permissible to change the date of paying zakat?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat al-Mal to aid the Palestinians, knowing that not everyone living in Palestine is Muslim?
Is it permissible to withhold inheritance from an elderly, ill mother whose son passed away without informing her of his death, while preserving her right to the inheritance? And is it possible to waive her share to the deceased's children without her knowledge?
Is it permissible to allocate a portion of Zakat funds to an account for the new children's cancer hospital building project in Egypt, and would this be considered an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah)?
Is it permissible to give a brother zakat to pay off his debts and cover his marriage expenses?
Is it permissible to give charity (sadaqah) and zakat to an elderly, widowed woman to help her pay off a debt accumulated from a commercial agreement to replace her old house?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to my wife's brother for him to pay off his debts and marriage expenses, knowing that he works and receives a good salary?
Is it permissible to give the debtor from the Zakat to pay off a small portion of his debt, knowing that the creditor may demand the debt suddenly before the agreed-upon payment due date?
Is it permissible for a daughter to pay Zakat on wealth on behalf of her mother from the debt that the daughter owes her mother, in the event that the mother is stingy and refuses to pay Zakat?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity) to a friend in need who will spend part of it on legitimate necessities such as housing rent and wedding attire, even though he incurred debt for an extravagant wedding celebration due to his wife's family?