Debt and Zakat
340 questions
Is it permissible to furnish a warehouse or an administrative office with Zakat funds for a committee responsible for collecting and distributing Zakat funds?
Is it permissible to take Zakat to pay off a debt of sixty thousand pounds, given that the debtor owns land and an apartment which cannot be easily sold to settle the debt without affecting his basic needs?
How is Zakat calculated on bank financing and installment trade loans, knowing that the profits have been spent, and is Zakat calculated on money loaned to others that has not been fully repaid?
Is it permissible to count non-performing debts as Zakat after seeking the debtors' permission?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a woman who bought a building for investment and is in debt to repay this debt, knowing that her husband is poor?
Is it permissible to give zakat to the husband who is ill, expatriated, unemployed, and in debt, or to the brother who is building and does not have enough, or to the sister who is in debt and needs to pay it off?
Is it permissible to pay an estimated Zakat on behalf of my deceased father who did not pay the full Zakat on his wealth, and is it permissible to give this Zakat to my needy mother and sister?
Is it permissible to divide the accumulated Zakat due from the deceased for four years into several years after his death, knowing that the full amount is available?
Does zakat become obligatory on an amount of 150,0 deposited in the bank as a savings certificate, if the saver has paid off debts close to this amount, and wishes to help his brother with a portion of this amount exceeding 100,0?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a married sister who works, as does her husband, but she is in debt?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a person whose entire salary goes to pay off monthly debts (checks), and who borrows to cover his basic expenses? And are monthly checks considered a deferred debt?
Is it permissible to give zakat to one of the deserving brothers who lives in the family home, as part of the debt owed by him to the rest of the heirs?
Is it permissible to account for installments not paid by debtors who are unable to pay from zakat funds, knowing that these funds will return to me?
Is it permissible to purchase electronic equipment with Zakat funds for an elementary school from which students benefit?
Is the soul of a believer mortgaged by debts related to Allah or by debts related to His worshippers?
What is the ruling regarding a father preventing his son from benefiting from his property and making him work for a low wage, while allowing his wife's relatives to benefit from the property in order to please his wife?
Is it permissible for a mother to give her son from her Zakat wealth to pay off a debt he owes?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity on wealth) to the mother to pay off her debt, or to the student sister who does not have enough to suffice her, or to the brother whose income is insufficient, knowing that the father has a pension that is not enough for the family and that the son lives with them when he returns?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to the mosque's Imam or Muezzin if they are in financial need?
Does one who relies on debt to meet their needs remain eligible for the atonement of feeding the poor, even if they have sufficient income or charity?
Is it permissible for someone who is unable to pay a debt and owns a car that exceeds the value of the debt, which he needs to serve his family, to take from Zakat funds?
Is it permissible to take zakat to pay off the debts of a commercial shop jointly owned by two partners, one of whom is poor and the other indebted with a low income?
What is the method for deducting apartment installments from savings to determine the amount on which Zakat is due, and am I excused for what I wrongly deducted in past years, and what is the ruling on deducting installments from savings on which a year has not yet passed?
Is it permissible to give a vow to one's poor, needy father who is in debt?