Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Does the partner who pays zakat for his share of land prepared for sale clear his liability if the rest of the partners refuse to pay their due zakat, and is it permissible to delay the zakat on the land until it is sold, under the pretext of possibly needing the available money?
Is zakat due annually on the principal of the saved money along with its increase, or on the principal of the money only? Are gifts coming from abroad for family and friends counted as part of zakat on money? Is it permissible to give zakat on money to one's parents?
How is the Zakat calculated for a joint sum of money between spouses, designated for purchasing a home, which reached the nisab and was not known until five months after reaching it, given that the wife has separate funds in a separate account, and the husband has moderate debts?
Is zakat obligatory on a plot of land that has been held for a year, knowing that its sale would not cover the debts incurred from building a house?
Is Zakat now obligatory upon a man who owns 20 mature sheep upon which a Ḥawl (full year) has passed, and 20 young sheep upon which a Ḥawl has not passed?
What is the ruling on paying Zakat with an estimated amount exceeding the nisab, in the event of not remembering when the nisab was reached and the amount upon which a full year has passed?
What is the amount of Zakat due on a sum of 16,000 Egyptian Pounds in the bank, if more than a year has passed and it is owned by a non-working wife?
How is the Zakat calculated on hoarded gold whose weight increases every two months due to the addition of more gold to it?
Is Zakat obligatory on money that has reached the nisab and a full year has passed while it is in another country, inaccessible due to security disturbances, despite the need for it?
Does zakat include commercial store displays, libraries, student services, and buildings under construction?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of money in national bonds, upon which a year has passed, and which is saved for necessity and is not enough to pay a quarter of the husband's debt?
What type of gold is relied upon to determine the zakat threshold when gold karats and prices vary? And is the increase in wealth subject to zakat before a full year has passed on the original principal amount of the threshold?
Is zakat due for each of the five years I have participated in the society, or is it due after the full amount has been completed and received?
What is the ruling on inheritance and zakat regarding the estate of a deceased mother, inherited by her husband and minor children, knowing that the husband relinquished his share to his children equally, and the division of the estate was postponed until the children reach legal maturity, and the marriage expenses of the eldest daughter were paid from her share? And is the value of the estate calculated at the time of death or at the time of division? And how is zakat calculated for past years, on the share of each individual or on the total estate? And what are the parts of the estate upon which zakat is obligatory, and how are the benefits from cash amounts disposed of? And is zakat obligatory upon the daughter who does not have sufficient income? And how is the construction of the villa divided among the children if they used the remaining cash from the inheritance to complete its construction?
What is the value of the dinar: as expiation for a husband having intercourse with a menstruating wife?
How is the zakat calculated for a company that sells eyeglass lenses, has debts amounting to 600,000 Riyals, merchandise in stock valued at 1,000,000 Riyals (including some unsaleable goods), fixed assets valued at 700,000 Riyals, and an actual company capital of 2,000,000 Riyals?
How is zakat paid on leased agricultural land when its rent is paid in crops that are later sold?
Must the wife's jewelry, which she acquired as gifts before marriage, be itemized and added to the money subject to zakat, and is zakat obligatory for past years in which its existence was not known?
Is it permissible to convert an amount from Syrian Pounds to US Dollars when the latter’s value falls, and then convert it back to Syrian Pounds when the Dollar’s value rises, with the aim of profit and increasing the original amount? Is the resulting increase lawful (halal) or unlawful (haram)? If it is unlawful, what should we do with the increase we obtained? And if it is lawful, how do we purify it with zakat, knowing that we intend to repeat the process to increase the amount?
Is it permissible to unify the due date for paying Zakat on two different Nisabs, in origin and time, by making the due date for the second Nisab the due date for paying Zakat on both Nisabs together, thus accelerating the Zakat of the first Nisab?
What is the amount of zakat due on a sum of EGP 67,500, to which profits of EGP 32,500 have been added, knowing that this amount was designated for purchasing a marital home, and that the date of its receipt dates back to January 1, 2013?
Is Zakat obligatory on the owner of a website, and how is it to be paid?
How is zakat paid on camels that were bought lean and sick, then fattened and multiplied, knowing that some of them have not yet completed a year?
Is Zakat calculated on the available liquidity or on the transportation profits for 12 months, taking into consideration the real estate bank loan employed in the project?