Debt and Zakat
401 questions
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?
Does zakat apply to a sum of money given to a son to help him purchase a house, which was considered a debt to be deducted from his share of the inheritance after death?
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?
Are home loan installments deducted when calculating zakat on money?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal to a husband who is in debt due to being a guarantor?
Is zakat obligatory on a borrowed sum, a hawl (lunar year) having passed over it, knowing that it is deducted from the salary monthly?
Is it obligatory to pay the deferred dowry before giving out the Zakat on money, or is Zakat to be given from the current amount? What are the categories for spending Zakat on money, and is it permissible to give it to siblings or relatives? Is it obligatory to spend it in the current country, or is it permissible to send it to the country of origin?
Is the zakat on lent money used for trade obligatory, given that the borrower undertook to pay the zakat himself?
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?
Is Zakat obligatory on money borrowed for a project that has been in possession for a full year (hawl), and how is the value of Zakat estimated for a service company that does not own physical goods?
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?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of 16,000 Saudi Riyals that I lent to my brother, and then permitted him to spend it on my mother after two years had passed?
Is Zakat obligatory on a bank deposit from which a loan was taken to purchase a car, but the car has not yet been purchased, while loan installments are still being paid?
Is Zakat obligatory on money that was borrowed and then repaid, reaching the nisab, and is the hawl calculated from the date of borrowing or from the date of completing the repayment in installments?
Is zakat obligatory on the loan amount repaid to a brother in installments, and how is it calculated?
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?
Is zakat obligatory for the owner of a school supplies store who bought his shop with a loan that has not yet been repaid, and if it is obligatory, how is it calculated given that he has owned the shop for two years?
What is the meaning of "Ghurm Allah," "Dayfallah," or "Jār Allah"?
Is zakat calculated on the total borrowed amount, or on what remains after deducting the debt?
Is Zakat obligatory on an apartment that was sold after the passing of a Hawl (lunar year) and was designated for sale to pay off a debt?
Is zakat obligatory on the value of a commercial land that was acquired by purchasing the shares of the inheriting siblings, and is it obligatory on the value of residential registrations that were purchased for savings instead of cash, knowing that there is an already existing residential house?