Debt and Zakat
401 questions
Is zakat due on amounts deposited as a refundable security deposit for a school, with the intention of not reclaiming them for four years?
How is the value of a farm, sold in installments over ten years, to be zakat-eligible?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a indebted brother while unaware of the source of his debt, and does ill-gotten wealth prevent one from receiving zakat?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat al-Mal by donating it through a system that allows collecting funds for indigent prisoners?
Is it permissible to waive the rent owed by an insolvent tenant and count it as Zakat, and is it obligatory to inform him of that?
How can I compensate for past years of Zakat that I paid based on a fatwa permitting the deduction of usurious loan installments, whereas the current fatwa does not permit that?
When calculating Zakat, is the full value of the debt incurred from purchasing an apartment through an Ijara-wa-Iqtina (lease-to-own) system deducted, or only the installments for the current lease year?
Is it permissible to deduct the amount of the installment paid for a residential apartment from the funds on which zakat is due, if the installment’s due date is after the date zakat becomes obligatory?
Is the construction of a project on the father's land contradictory to paying off his debt from Zakat, or must the land be sold to settle his debt?
Is it permissible to account for the travel and accommodation expenses of a sister visiting her parents from Zakat funds?
Is Zakat given to pay off a usurious loan taken to purchase a house?
Is zakat obligatory on an inherited sum invested in purchasing land, then subjected to fraud, with only half of it recovered years later, and is it permissible to pay zakat in installments in this case?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a sister who is about to get married, knowing that her father has passed away, there is no judicial ruling for her maintenance, and she lives with the zakat payer and his mother, and some of her brothers provide for her?
Is Zakat obligatory on a man who borrowed from the Real Estate Development Fund to build a residential building, then invested an excess amount from the loan in trade and uses it to pay off bank installments? And does this money belong to him or to the state?
Is zakat due on the current value of shares, or is the value of the loan deducted from it?
How is zakat paid on a stock portfolio that was sold with a deferred increase for a year and a half, and is the zakat on its original value at the time of sale or on the future value that the buyer will pay, knowing that the buyer has traded with its contents speculatively?
What is the amount on which Zakat is obligatory: is it the amount remaining at the end of the year, or the amount that I had at the beginning of the year before paying installments? And is Zakat obligatory on gold designated for engagement that has been in one's possession for a full year, or is there no Zakat on it?