Debt and Zakat

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How does one calculate and pay the zakat owed by a person who has not paid it for more than ten years?
Is it permissible to count the amount paid on behalf of the insolvent debtor as Zakat, if the debtor will not repay his debt?
Is one sinful for delaying the giving of their wealth's Zakat when it becomes due, and is it permissible to delay giving Zakat until after performing the Hajj obligation?
Is the wife entitled to claim a share of her deceased husband's insurance and deferred Mahr, if the estate does not cover the debts and his family cannot pay them?
Is Zakat obligatory on the the expected profits of the company's projects, which have not yet entered its account?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat funds to a disability research center?
Is it permissible for a person who has a job and a salary that barely suffices him, and who owns a share in a plot of land whose price has not been fully paid, to take from Zakat or Sadaqah to pay off a student loan with interest from a Western bank?
Are you required to pay zakat on the two companies, given that you are authorized with their general and financial management?
Is it permissible to give zakat to children who are separated from their parents?
Is it permissible to collect Zakat al-Mal and donations to help a friend in debt, while concealing the truth of the debts, under the pretext that it is for a sick person?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a poor young man who is about to get married to help him with the costs?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a married brother who has children and lives in his father's house, whose salary is five thousand and who sometimes incurs debt? And is it permissible to give it to the mosque's married caretaker who has a daughter and a son, and they live in the mosque's house?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to settle the mother's debt, even though she owns a house and a car, and the car is needed for work?
Is zakat obligatory on land intended for trade after ten years of ownership, and is it permissible to give zakat to a needy husband to pay off his debts and living expenses, and is it permissible to buy household necessities from it?
Is it permissible to give a poor brother from Zakat funds to help him complete the construction of his modest house on land that he does not own, knowing that he has already been given an advance amount from Zakat?
Is it permissible to give zakat to one's son to pay off his debts or to provide for him and his wife, knowing that he is a university graduate who has not found stable employment, and that the father has sponsored his education, marriage, and furnished his home?
Is zakat obligatory on the money that the brother took and lost in the stock market, knowing that the questioner now only owns her salary and an apartment that she will receive after 6 months and for which she has installments?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal to a husband who is in debt due to being a guarantor?
Is it permissible for a bank to appoint someone to build a residence with the bank's money, with the bank having the right to monitor and profit, in the absence of Islamic banks and the unavailability of other alternatives such as benevolent loans (qard hassan) or zakat funds?
Is it permissible for someone entrusted with distributing private funds to the poor and needy, who is himself poor and cannot meet his needs or pay off his debts, to take from these funds for himself, taking into account the difference between private funds and Zakat?
How is zakat paid on invested funds that have not yet been recovered, especially when their current value or profits are unknown? What is the ruling on zakat for capital and delayed profits? And how is zakat paid on funds used to purchase land with financial assistance from one's father that has not yet been repaid?
How is Zakat to be paid, knowing that there are debts owed to the first and second companies, a debt to your brother that he does not demand until you are able to pay, and you have a shop for sale?
To what extent is it lawful to pay zakat to a charitable organization for the purpose of receiving a receipt for tax purposes, in order to deduct a significant percentage from the due taxes?
Did Umar ibn al-Khattab disburse the share of "those whose hearts are to be reconciled" to a new category, or to the remaining seven categories?

Debt and Zakat

How does one calculate and pay the zakat owed by a person who has not paid it for more than ten years?

Is it permissible to count the amount paid on behalf of the insolvent debtor as Zakat, if the debtor will not repay his debt?

Is one sinful for delaying the giving of their wealth's Zakat when it becomes due, and is it permissible to delay giving Zakat until after performing the Hajj obligation?

Is the wife entitled to claim a share of her deceased husband's insurance and deferred Mahr, if the estate does not cover the debts and his family cannot pay them?

Is Zakat obligatory on the the expected profits of the company's projects, which have not yet entered its account?

Is it permissible to pay Zakat funds to a disability research center?

Is it permissible for a person who has a job and a salary that barely suffices him, and who owns a share in a plot of land whose price has not been fully paid, to take from Zakat or Sadaqah to pay off a student loan with interest from a Western bank?

Are you required to pay zakat on the two companies, given that you are authorized with their general and financial management?

Is it permissible to give zakat to children who are separated from their parents?

Is it permissible to collect Zakat al-Mal and donations to help a friend in debt, while concealing the truth of the debts, under the pretext that it is for a sick person?

Is it permissible to give zakat to a poor young man who is about to get married to help him with the costs?

Is it permissible to give zakat to a married brother who has children and lives in his father's house, whose salary is five thousand and who sometimes incurs debt? And is it permissible to give it to the mosque's married caretaker who has a daughter and a son, and they live in the mosque's house?

Is it permissible to pay Zakat to settle the mother's debt, even though she owns a house and a car, and the car is needed for work?

Is zakat obligatory on land intended for trade after ten years of ownership, and is it permissible to give zakat to a needy husband to pay off his debts and living expenses, and is it permissible to buy household necessities from it?

Is it permissible to give a poor brother from Zakat funds to help him complete the construction of his modest house on land that he does not own, knowing that he has already been given an advance amount from Zakat?

Is it permissible to give zakat to one's son to pay off his debts or to provide for him and his wife, knowing that he is a university graduate who has not found stable employment, and that the father has sponsored his education, marriage, and furnished his home?

Is zakat obligatory on the money that the brother took and lost in the stock market, knowing that the questioner now only owns her salary and an apartment that she will receive after 6 months and for which she has installments?

Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal to a husband who is in debt due to being a guarantor?

Is it permissible for a bank to appoint someone to build a residence with the bank's money, with the bank having the right to monitor and profit, in the absence of Islamic banks and the unavailability of other alternatives such as benevolent loans (qard hassan) or zakat funds?

Is it permissible for someone entrusted with distributing private funds to the poor and needy, who is himself poor and cannot meet his needs or pay off his debts, to take from these funds for himself, taking into account the difference between private funds and Zakat?

How is Zakat to be paid, knowing that there are debts owed to the first and second companies, a debt to your brother that he does not demand until you are able to pay, and you have a shop for sale?

To what extent is it lawful to pay zakat to a charitable organization for the purpose of receiving a receipt for tax purposes, in order to deduct a significant percentage from the due taxes?

Did Umar ibn al-Khattab disburse the share of "those whose hearts are to be reconciled" to a new category, or to the remaining seven categories?