Debt and Zakat

340 questions

Is it permissible to give zakat to poor relatives such as a brother, sister, paternal uncle, or paternal aunt?
What is the ruling on giving Zakat funds to a needy person who refuses to take them, due to their aversion to the humiliation of being given to, and would these funds be accepted as Zakat?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to an elementary school for children that is in need of financial support?
Is it permissible to deduct the total daily charity against the amount paid to lend to the brother and settle his usurious debts to ease the burden on his wife and children when selling the apartment? And is there sin incurred by settling usurious loans? And is it permissible to settle these debts from Zakat al-Mal? And what is the brother's condition now, and is it possible to atone for his sin, taking into account the usurious loans?
How can one absolve oneself of unlawfully acquired money, such as from stealing from stores, especially when the thief has left the country and is unlikely to return?
Is it permissible to send Zakat to another country, such as Palestine, when there are poor people in the Zakat payer's own country?
Is it permissible to deduct an amount from Zakat and give it to teachers to educate the children of the village, which has a population exceeding five thousand and no teachers, knowing that the Zakat on the village's wealth exceeds seventy million Riyals?
Is zakat obligatory on commercial gold, and can the merchant's debts be deducted from it, and what is the amount of zakat that must be paid?
Is it permissible for a creditor to pay Zakat to their debtor on condition that the debtor repays it to them?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to a young man who has incurred debt due to traffic violations, knowing that this debt prevents him from obtaining a job or employment until it is paid off?
Is it permissible for a woman to pay the zakat on her wealth to her son's wife in the Maliki school of thought?
Is it permissible to use Zakat funds, taken from competent merchants, to support the capital of commercial projects for novice merchants?
Is it permissible for someone in debt to take from his father's Zakat to pay off his debt?
How can one pay the Zakat for past years while having unpaid debts and interest-based loans, and will the Zakat be accepted in this case?
Is it permissible to consider the remaining amount of a debt as Zakat, and deduct it from the Zakat amount that must be paid to the poor?
Is zakat obligatory on the balance available in a credit card and paid off monthly, and if the answer is yes, how is zakat calculated on the amount used?
Is it obligatory to pay delayed Zakat in the original currency or in its equivalent value at the time it was due, taking into account the currency’s depreciation, and is it permissible to estimate the amount using a commodity other than gold to avoid usury?
Is Zakat obligatory on lands outside the city that do not have legal deeds, but merely bills of sale, and upon which Zakat has not been paid for years? And how should one proceed if Zakat becomes obligatory, given existing disputes over these lands that prevent the determination of their price?
Does zakat apply to an amount of fifty thousand Egyptian pounds paid as a down payment for a plot of land purchased in installments, upon which a year has passed, knowing that its purpose is to prepare for my daughter's marriage? And if it is obligatory, what is its amount?
Is zakat obligatory on land purchased in installments for the purpose of trade, where the seller's ownership remains until the last installment is paid, and what is the amount of this zakat, and is it permissible to give zakat to one's father without informing him of that?
Is it permissible to pay off the debts of those in need from zakat funds without their knowledge, such as settling their grocery debts without informing them?
Is a relative who helps repay a usurious loan by borrowing from him punished?
Is it permissible to pay due taxes from Zakat funds?
Is setting the first of Ramadan as the date for paying Zakat correct, even if one deposited their last salary a few days before Ramadan, and is the remaining loan amount deducted from the Zakat calculation?

Debt and Zakat

Is it permissible to give zakat to poor relatives such as a brother, sister, paternal uncle, or paternal aunt?

What is the ruling on giving Zakat funds to a needy person who refuses to take them, due to their aversion to the humiliation of being given to, and would these funds be accepted as Zakat?

Is it permissible to pay Zakat to an elementary school for children that is in need of financial support?

How can one absolve oneself of unlawfully acquired money, such as from stealing from stores, especially when the thief has left the country and is unlikely to return?

Is it permissible to send Zakat to another country, such as Palestine, when there are poor people in the Zakat payer's own country?

Is it permissible to deduct an amount from Zakat and give it to teachers to educate the children of the village, which has a population exceeding five thousand and no teachers, knowing that the Zakat on the village's wealth exceeds seventy million Riyals?

Is zakat obligatory on commercial gold, and can the merchant's debts be deducted from it, and what is the amount of zakat that must be paid?

Is it permissible for a creditor to pay Zakat to their debtor on condition that the debtor repays it to them?

Is it permissible to pay Zakat to a young man who has incurred debt due to traffic violations, knowing that this debt prevents him from obtaining a job or employment until it is paid off?

Is it permissible for a woman to pay the zakat on her wealth to her son's wife in the Maliki school of thought?

Is it permissible to use Zakat funds, taken from competent merchants, to support the capital of commercial projects for novice merchants?

Is it permissible for someone in debt to take from his father's Zakat to pay off his debt?

How can one pay the Zakat for past years while having unpaid debts and interest-based loans, and will the Zakat be accepted in this case?

Is it permissible to consider the remaining amount of a debt as Zakat, and deduct it from the Zakat amount that must be paid to the poor?

Is zakat obligatory on the balance available in a credit card and paid off monthly, and if the answer is yes, how is zakat calculated on the amount used?

Is it obligatory to pay delayed Zakat in the original currency or in its equivalent value at the time it was due, taking into account the currency’s depreciation, and is it permissible to estimate the amount using a commodity other than gold to avoid usury?

Is Zakat obligatory on lands outside the city that do not have legal deeds, but merely bills of sale, and upon which Zakat has not been paid for years? And how should one proceed if Zakat becomes obligatory, given existing disputes over these lands that prevent the determination of their price?

Does zakat apply to an amount of fifty thousand Egyptian pounds paid as a down payment for a plot of land purchased in installments, upon which a year has passed, knowing that its purpose is to prepare for my daughter's marriage? And if it is obligatory, what is its amount?

Is zakat obligatory on land purchased in installments for the purpose of trade, where the seller's ownership remains until the last installment is paid, and what is the amount of this zakat, and is it permissible to give zakat to one's father without informing him of that?

Is it permissible to pay off the debts of those in need from zakat funds without their knowledge, such as settling their grocery debts without informing them?

Is a relative who helps repay a usurious loan by borrowing from him punished?

Is it permissible to pay due taxes from Zakat funds?

Is setting the first of Ramadan as the date for paying Zakat correct, even if one deposited their last salary a few days before Ramadan, and is the remaining loan amount deducted from the Zakat calculation?