Who May Receive Zakat
219 questions
Is it permissible to give sadaqah or zakat to a needy Shia Muslim who is caring for an orphan?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to spend zakat money on an orphan he sponsors, such that the zakat is calculated from the predetermined monthly sponsorship amount?
How can one respond to a colleague who believes that the reason for the lack of rain is due to climate and weather conditions and has no relation to sins, citing the drought in Makkah and Madinah and the abundance of rain in Abha and the Levant, while objecting to the শরعی (Islamic legal) evidence derived from the words of Noah (peace be upon him): "And I said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever Forgiving. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continual] showers'"? And is he in danger because of this opinion of his?
Is it permissible to consider the benefit derived from agricultural land, left to poor siblings without rent, as part of zakat funds?
Is a guarantor who betrayed the debtor, leading to the loss of funds, considered a “gharim” (one in debt) and eligible for zakat?
What is the ruling regarding the funds of Zakat and Sadaqat, who are those eligible to receive from them, and is there a difference among the four Imams on this matter?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to projects for building orphanages, and are orphans among the stipulated recipients of Zakat?
Is it permissible to consider the debtor as "ghārim" (one in debt) eligible for zakat, if he owns assets (a registered house, a share in the family home, a car) that he cannot sell to pay off his debt due to war conditions, and the creditor demands cash?
Is it permissible for us—while living on the zakat our grandfather grants us—to accept zakat from someone else and save it for the future?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to one's deserving in-laws, and what is the ruling on eating from their food if its source is the Zakat money paid to them?
Is it permissible for scholars to take zakat if they do not have a known stipend from the the state?
Is it permissible for a sister to give her brother from zakat money to complete his marriage and purchase his necessities, as well as to allocate a monthly salary for him after his marriage from the same money, knowing that he cannot marry without it, and it is difficult for her to seek assistance for him as charity?
Is it permissible for a young man who does not possess sufficient money for marriage, and who has a large family, to ask for zakat from a zakat payer?
Is it permissible to pay charity (sadaqah) or zakat to a person who is unable to pay off his debt and the due date has arrived, and he has no financial resource other than his salary, and he has children, and must he be informed that it is zakat or sadaqah?
How is Zakat on wealth calculated for commercial projects? Is it calculated on the establishment costs, or on the gross income, or on the net profit only? Is it permissible to give Zakat to a poor brother to start a project that will generate income for him?
Is it permissible to receive zakat from one's employer to pay off a debt incurred by another person?
What is the legal ruling regarding the inheritance of a man who died leaving behind only a mother and a wife, and had no sons, daughters, full brothers or sisters, and left male and female cousins of the fourth and fifth degrees?
Is it permissible for a widow who owns two houses (one for her residence and the other for her son and his family), and has no money or income to live on, to receive Zakat money?
Is it permissible to count what the new husband spends on his wife's orphaned children as Zakat, if he married her to help her raise and educate them?
How can the zakat on money for past years be calculated, knowing that the money saved for purchasing a house fluctuates, and continuous sadaqat and aid are given to family members?
Is it permissible to receive zakat from my brother's money if I live with my mother, for whom my brother provides, given that I bear no expenses and am embarrassed to ask for personal necessities?
Is it permissible to give your brother who does not live with you from the Zakat money?
To whom is Zakat on wealth paid, and what is the interpretation of the categories "the poor, the needy, and in the cause of Allah"? Is it a condition that Zakat be given into the ownership of the poor and the needy, or is it permissible to give it to an organization that serves them by purchasing equipment that is not individually owned? Is it permissible to give Zakat to a person who wants to prepare his daughter for marriage, and is this person considered among the poor and the needy if he is able to borrow and repay?
Is it permissible for a woman's parents to give her Zakat if her husband is absent and she lives with them? And is it permissible to give Zakat to a sister?