Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is zakat obligatory on a commercial shop that has been closed for several years, knowing that its profits were small, but reached the nisab threshold?
Is zakat obligatory upon the owner of a commercial shop whose capital is 40,000 Riyals, and it is his sole source of income from which he spends on his family, and nothing remains after covering basic expenses?
Is it permissible to pay the prisoner's bail from Zakat before the completion of a year (hawl), and is he considered among those in debt (gharimin), if he embezzled public funds and was sentenced to prison, and he returned a portion of what he embezzled, which is all that he owns, and his family is left without a source of income?
How is the zakat calculated for gold and silver in a shop that includes raw and manufactured materials displayed for sale, with a speculative partner who has a 50% share of the profits reinvested in the project, and is the zakat calculated from the capital cost or the displayed selling price?
Is Zakat obligatory on money deposited in banks, and is it obligatory on the principal or the returns or both, and how is Zakat calculated on monthly deposits?
Is zakat due on the lender or the borrower if a person borrows an amount that reaches the nisab and a hawl (lunar year) passes before its repayment?
"Is Zakat due on a university student who forgot to pay it on his monthly stipend saved in the bank throughout the past years? "
Is zakat obligatory on the sum of 80,0 Saudi Riyals, which the questioner took as a loan from his wife, to be repaid to her in easy installments? If it is obligatory, how is it calculated, taking into consideration that he will continue to borrow from her?
How is the zakat calculated for the remaining six apartments—whose final purpose has not been determined—if they remain in their current state and multiple years pass, or if all or some of them are sold at any time?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money, given that its owner is about to get married, does not own a house or furniture, and his father has passed away leaving a large debt, a significant portion of which he may have to bear?
How is zakat paid on a poultry farm that produces eggs? Is zakat due on the eggs themselves, or on their price after sale? Is a full year (hawl) a condition, or is zakat paid every time a sale is made?
How is the nisab calculated for gold used as adornment and for gold saved for future use, and how is zakat paid on these categories?
Is zakat obligatory on the embezzled money that multiplied after being invested by the embezzling brother? And does he bear the sin alone, or do the heirs share in the sin? And how is zakat calculated for past years, given the dispute among the heirs regarding the obligation of zakat on the embezzled money?
Does the hawl (Zakat year) cease if the price per gram of silver decreases after the money reached the nisab at the beginning of the hawl, to the extent that its nisab becomes more than the amount I possess?
Is zakat obligatory for the owner of a grocery store on goods that have been with him for a full year and more than six months thereafter, knowing that he has lost a lot of his capital?
How is zakat calculated for cars designated for sale and rental, as well as personal cars that fluctuate between being used and being offered for sale, given that zakat has not been paid since 2009, and how can it be paid for the past years?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to a relative who wishes to prepare his daughter for marriage but does not possess the means to do so, and owns land?
Is zakat obligatory on a rented laundry shop, the purchase of which was financed three years ago by a bank loan, and is it permissible to spend the zakat money on building or furnishing a mosque?
What is the ruling on one who withholds zakat? And is he to be killed as a Hadd punishment or for apostasy?
Is it permissible to borrow from money designated for distribution to the poor and needy after the owner's permission, knowing that the borrowing will not affect the distribution?
How is the zakat calculated for the funds of an agricultural cooperative society that leases lands, distributes water, and undertakes commercial projects, and what is the ruling on the zakat of debts, and is the zakat disbursed by the administrative body or by each member individually, and is it permissible to disburse it to the poor members of the society, and what about the zakat for past years that was not disbursed?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved by the deceased, knowing that it reached the nisab, but it is not known whether a full year has passed over it?
With this income, can I get married now, knowing that I feel a strong need to marry for fear of disobeying Allah, or is it better to wait until my fiancée finishes her studies? And is Zakat obligatory for me with this income, and how do I pay it?
Is zakat obligatory on inherited lands designated for sale, knowing that it was not possible to sell them or pay zakat on them until now?