Debt and Zakat

401 questions

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 zakat obligatory on money saved to pay the housing rent due two months after the zakat due date?
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?
What is the ruling on Zakat for a debt owed by an insolvent person, a debt owed by a wealthy procrastinator, and a debt owed by a solvent debtor who intends to pay after the passage of a year?
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 zakat obligatory on money that a person lends to his brothers and acquaintances, even if he is not certain of its return to him?
Is zakat obligatory on the creditor for the money he lent to his brother for 19 years, and how is it calculated?
Is Zakat obligatory on money that has been held for a full year if its owner has a debt equal to or exceeding the existing money?
Is a relative who helps repay a usurious loan by borrowing from him punished?
Is zakat due on the full amount of 300,000, or on 100,000 after deducting a debt of 200,000, knowing that the debt will be paid within a month from a salary that is paid in installments over a year?
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?
Is it permissible for me to give my Zakat al-Mal to my father to pay off his debt?
Is it permissible to pay off my brother’s debts from zakat funds, and is it permissible for one of them to pay off the other’s debt so that both their debts are cleared, and is it considered a sin to delay paying zakat to one of his friends if he requests that?
Am I obligated to pay Zakat on my money, and how do I calculate it for past years, knowing that I was unaware of the Nisab for silver, and my money was kept by my father who spent it on family expenses, making it a debt, and he has other money that, by itself, does not reach the Nisab for silver?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a disbeliever?
Does a Muslim pay Zakat on all of his sheep when a year has passed on his old sheep, or does he wait for a year to pass on the sheep bought on installments?

Debt and Zakat

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 zakat obligatory on money saved to pay the housing rent due two months after the zakat due date?

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?

What is the ruling on Zakat for a debt owed by an insolvent person, a debt owed by a wealthy procrastinator, and a debt owed by a solvent debtor who intends to pay after the passage of a year?

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 zakat obligatory on money that a person lends to his brothers and acquaintances, even if he is not certain of its return to him?

Is zakat obligatory on the creditor for the money he lent to his brother for 19 years, and how is it calculated?

Is Zakat obligatory on money that has been held for a full year if its owner has a debt equal to or exceeding the existing money?

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

Is zakat due on the full amount of 300,000, or on 100,000 after deducting a debt of 200,000, knowing that the debt will be paid within a month from a salary that is paid in installments over a year?

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?

Is it permissible for me to give my Zakat al-Mal to my father to pay off his debt?

Is it permissible to pay off my brother’s debts from zakat funds, and is it permissible for one of them to pay off the other’s debt so that both their debts are cleared, and is it considered a sin to delay paying zakat to one of his friends if he requests that?

Am I obligated to pay Zakat on my money, and how do I calculate it for past years, knowing that I was unaware of the Nisab for silver, and my money was kept by my father who spent it on family expenses, making it a debt, and he has other money that, by itself, does not reach the Nisab for silver?

Is it permissible to give zakat to a disbeliever?

Does a Muslim pay Zakat on all of his sheep when a year has passed on his old sheep, or does he wait for a year to pass on the sheep bought on installments?