Zakat Basics and Nisab
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What is the ruling on the zakat due on the estate of a deceased father, knowing that the heirs did not pay it for 20 years out of ignorance, despite having given a lot of money from the estate in charity?
Is zakat obligatory on African gold and gold-plated metals, and is its amount the same as that of regular gold?
Is it permissible to enter into a partnership by providing a motorcycle, insurance, and a sum of money to purchase goods in exchange for 15% of the profits, with the cost of motorcycle repairs and insurance for subsequent years being deducted from the shared profits, and is Zakat obligatory on the value of the motorcycle and the capital if it reaches the nisab?
Is zakat obligatory on the amount saved from building rental income and employee salary, knowing that the saved amount changes annually?
Is it permissible to sell some gold to pay its zakat for past years in which it was not paid?
Is the guardian obligated to offer expiation for not paying the zakat on an orphan's money that reached the minimum threshold (nisab) and a full year (hawl) passed over it for years? And who is responsible for paying the overdue zakat? And is the guardian sinful if the orphan neglects to pay it after receiving the money?
Is Zakat obligatory on the monthly salary after calculating the annual salary? And how is the Zakat nisab calculated for monthly fluctuating savings?
What is the ruling on zakat if a father regularly pays it annually on the money he possesses, but does not wait for the amount to reach the sharia-stipulated nisab, and he pays zakat on the money based on the Gregorian year, not the Hijri year, knowing that he pays the zakat in installments? And what is the method for calculating zakat for past years, which may amount to 35 years, knowing that the nisab has varied from one period to another?
What is the zakat on an investment land purchased for 135,000 Saudi riyals in the month of Shawwal in the year 1430 AH, for which zakat has not been paid until now, and is it permissible to pay it in monthly installments?
Is zakat due on an apartment that has not yet been finished or inhabited, and three years have passed with the intention of renting it out? And is zakat due on a private car that is used?
Is zakat obligatory on a clothing store if its capital is a debt owed to my relatives?
Is zakat obligatory on tomato and pepper seedlings produced in an agricultural nursery, which are sold after a certain period, by analogy with trade goods?
What is the recognized Zakat threshold for the disbursement of Zakat on money: Is it the threshold at the completion of the Hawl (lunar year) (3150 milliemes), or the current threshold (5600 milliemes)?
Is zakat due on an amount of five hundred thousand from the sale of a plot of land, which was offered for sale four years after its acquisition, and one hundred thousand was spent on it, knowing that it was one of two plots applied for with the intention of habitation, and the other was allocated for housing?
What is the ruling on delaying the payment of Zakat if the inherited money is designated for marriage, and the heir cannot fully dispose of it except when the need for marriage arises?
Is zakat permissible on money earned from grapes used in winemaking?
What is the ruling on the zakat of a sum of money found in another bank account, which its owner recently became aware of, for a year or past years?
Should personal debt be deducted from the common pool of Zakat on wealth?
Is zakat obligatory on stored trade goods that have reached the nisab, is the hawl (one year's possession) a condition for it, and how is its zakat paid?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved from trade if a hawl passes over it, and on the salary from which nothing has been saved?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved for building a house, knowing that paying zakat would prevent the completion of the amount required for building?
Is zakat due on the value of land purchased for the purpose of ownership and long-term benefit, with no fruit-bearing trees on it, and if it is due, what is its percentage?
Does zakat become obligatory again on the remaining amount after paying the zakat assessed by the government at a deduction of 70% of the annual salary?
Is it permissible, Islamically, for a mother to transfer ownership of a portion of her gold to her minor children to avoid reaching the Nisab (minimum amount subject to Zakat) required for Zakat, with her intention to reclaim it later when they are older, and would this be considered a circumvention of Zakat?