Debt and Zakat
401 questions
Is the amount paid for the loan used to build the commercial shop subject to Zakat, or is it considered an expense?
What is the ruling on zakat for a debt that has not been demanded due to shyness, and the debtor's condition is unknown?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a married daughter and a married brother, and can it be divided between them or given in full?
What are the rulings of zakat concerning a poor or sick brother, and is it permissible to give zakat to a brother within the limit of one-third only, and is it permissible to give zakat for several years in advance or to a debtor who has legal judgments against him, and how is zakat calculated on savings from monthly wages?
What is the ruling on one who inherited a tree that was watered with stolen water?
Is zakat obligatory on a residential apartment that is still under construction, with monthly installments being paid to the developer? And does the ruling on zakat differ depending on the intention: if it is for rent, then zakat is on the rent, and if it is for sale, then zakat is on its value each year?
Is it permissible to receive Zakat from someone who had asked me for money a year ago?
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 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 it permissible to deduct the remaining price of the apartment—which has not yet been delivered and its installments have not been paid—from the money upon which a year has passed and zakat is due, and then pay zakat on the remainder? And does the ruling differ if the delay in delivery was due to me?
What is the ruling on zakat for money if its due date has arrived in Sha'ban, but the owner of the money is in debt for 86,0 Egyptian pounds for purchasing a house?
Is zakat obligatory on loaned money if a hawl (lunar year) has passed while it is in the amount of a nisab (minimum threshold), and is the period it spent with the borrower calculated? And how should one act with a father who refuses to pay zakat on his money that has reached the nisab, claiming it is spent, and does the son bear sin in this case?
How is Zakat on money calculated for an original sum, plus an amount borrowed or obtained from an association for an ongoing commercial project that has lasted for more than one year?
Is Zakat obligatory on the the expected profits of the company's projects, which have not yet entered its account?
Is the zakat on money whose receipt is deferred for ten years due every year, like a hoped-for debt, or is the zakat due once upon its receipt at a rate of 2.5%, knowing that paying it for all years upon receipt would take away 25% of the money? And is it permissible to take what the bank adds to these funds to compensate for the deterioration of their purchasing power due to the high cost of living, or is this considered usury?
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?
Is Zakat obligatory on the amount from the sale of a house, half of which has not yet been paid, and is it to be paid immediately upon the passing of a complete year (hawl) or after the amount has been collected?
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 give zakat to a poor young man who is about to get married to help him with the costs?
Is Zakat obligatory on the farmer’s entire crop, from which he borrowed a "ardab" of grain, or on what remains after isolating the "ardab" that is owed as debt? And what is the ruling if the crop falls below the "nisab" after isolating this "ardab"?
What is the value of Zakat on a sum of fifty thousand Egyptian Pounds, given a debt of thirty-three thousand Egyptian Pounds in monthly installments?
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?