Zakat Basics and Nisab

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Is Zakat obligatory on money saved to buy another apartment?
Is Zakat obligatory on the salary of a family living in the husband's parents' house, knowing that they are in dire need of this money?
What is the amount of zakat on salary, is it obligatory for the questioner, and to whom is it paid?
Is Zakat obligatory for someone who sold agricultural land?
How is the zakat paid on money that has completed its hawl (one lunar year) but on which zakat was not paid, then it was lent, and then it no longer meets the nisab (minimum threshold for zakatability)?
How is zakat calculated for gold for a piece of jewelry (Chambira) of 12 carat, weighing 103 grams, with half its weight consisting of precious stones, and other pieces of 18 carat, weighing less than 85 grams, knowing that the Chambira is sold as a single piece and is valued at half its weight when sold?
What is the ruling on zakat for shipping companies?
Is zakat due on a borrowed amount of money that has been held for a full year (hawl) and used to complete the construction of a house, and is zakat due on the building that is still a skeletal structure?
Is the حد (prescribed punishment) for theft to be carried out on a man who stole a woman's purse in front of people in the market?
How can zakat al-mal (money) that is six years overdue be paid?
Is it permissible to pay zakat a second time on the quantity of oil remaining from last year's harvest?
What is the ruling on money acquired from smuggling people into Europe? Is Zakat obligatory on it if it reaches the minimum threshold (nisab)? And what should one do with it if it is unlawful?
What is the ruling on a partnership with 20,000 dirhams in exchange for 10% of the daily profits in the cardboard trade? Is this condition unfair? What are the regulations for a blessed partnership? And is zakat obligatory on this money every year, provided it reaches the nisab?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved to build a house, and to which of the poor relatives (brothers and sisters) should it be given?
Is it obligatory to pay Zakat on a bank account that reached the nisab in the eleventh or twelfth month of last year, given the doubt concerning the ruling on dealing with banks in Turkey, which some consider usurious?
How is the zakat calculated for a man who bought land with the intention of trading on 1/3/1434 AH for 100,000, and sold it on 1/1/1435 AH for 190,000?
Is Zakat obligatory on an amount of 200,000 Saudi Riyals remaining from the sale of a house, designated for the purchase of another house, after settling a bank loan? And is the husband obligated to compensate his wife for the earnest money she paid for a house that was not purchased?
Does Zakat become due on the sum of 130 million Algerian centimes if a year has passed and it has reached the Nisab, given that it resulted from the sale of a house, and with it a plot of land was purchased which is experiencing problems and has not been built upon? And what is the ruling concerning a house owned by the father and lent to his brother, who refuses to vacate it after 12 years?
Is Zakat obligatory on a collection of watches that exceeds one hundred and forty watches? And is it permissible to hoard them while some are in periodic use and some are gold-plated?
How sound is the statement that the nisab for pure gold is seventy grams, and is there a disagreement among scholars regarding this, given that what is well-known is eighty-five grams?
Is zakat due on the principal amount deposited in the Egyptian Post from which a monthly pension is disbursed, which is the sole source of income, or is zakat due on the pension that is disbursed from it, knowing that taking from the principal amount leads to a reduction in the pension?
How can I pay the zakat on money that my father deposited into my account without my knowledge of the deposit date, its original amount, or how he disposed of it, given that I only know its current value and that two and a half years have passed since his death?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of EGP 20,200, which reached this nisab in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir 1434, knowing that its origin was EGP 2,500 deposited since Rajab 1427, and I was unaware of the obligation of zakat on the nisab of silver? And how can I calculate it?
How is the zakat calculated for gold that consists of a wife's gift, a wedding dowry, and personal savings?

Zakat Basics and Nisab

Is Zakat obligatory on money saved to buy another apartment?

Is Zakat obligatory on the salary of a family living in the husband's parents' house, knowing that they are in dire need of this money?

What is the amount of zakat on salary, is it obligatory for the questioner, and to whom is it paid?

Is Zakat obligatory for someone who sold agricultural land?

How is the zakat paid on money that has completed its hawl (one lunar year) but on which zakat was not paid, then it was lent, and then it no longer meets the nisab (minimum threshold for zakatability)?

What is the ruling on zakat for shipping companies?

Is zakat due on a borrowed amount of money that has been held for a full year (hawl) and used to complete the construction of a house, and is zakat due on the building that is still a skeletal structure?

Is the حد (prescribed punishment) for theft to be carried out on a man who stole a woman's purse in front of people in the market?

How can zakat al-mal (money) that is six years overdue be paid?

Is it permissible to pay zakat a second time on the quantity of oil remaining from last year's harvest?

What is the ruling on money acquired from smuggling people into Europe? Is Zakat obligatory on it if it reaches the minimum threshold (nisab)? And what should one do with it if it is unlawful?

What is the ruling on a partnership with 20,000 dirhams in exchange for 10% of the daily profits in the cardboard trade? Is this condition unfair? What are the regulations for a blessed partnership? And is zakat obligatory on this money every year, provided it reaches the nisab?

Is zakat obligatory on money saved to build a house, and to which of the poor relatives (brothers and sisters) should it be given?

Is it obligatory to pay Zakat on a bank account that reached the nisab in the eleventh or twelfth month of last year, given the doubt concerning the ruling on dealing with banks in Turkey, which some consider usurious?

How is the zakat calculated for a man who bought land with the intention of trading on 1/3/1434 AH for 100,000, and sold it on 1/1/1435 AH for 190,000?

Is Zakat obligatory on an amount of 200,000 Saudi Riyals remaining from the sale of a house, designated for the purchase of another house, after settling a bank loan? And is the husband obligated to compensate his wife for the earnest money she paid for a house that was not purchased?

Is Zakat obligatory on a collection of watches that exceeds one hundred and forty watches? And is it permissible to hoard them while some are in periodic use and some are gold-plated?

How sound is the statement that the nisab for pure gold is seventy grams, and is there a disagreement among scholars regarding this, given that what is well-known is eighty-five grams?

Is zakat due on the principal amount deposited in the Egyptian Post from which a monthly pension is disbursed, which is the sole source of income, or is zakat due on the pension that is disbursed from it, knowing that taking from the principal amount leads to a reduction in the pension?

How can I pay the zakat on money that my father deposited into my account without my knowledge of the deposit date, its original amount, or how he disposed of it, given that I only know its current value and that two and a half years have passed since his death?

Is zakat obligatory on an amount of EGP 20,200, which reached this nisab in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir 1434, knowing that its origin was EGP 2,500 deposited since Rajab 1427, and I was unaware of the obligation of zakat on the nisab of silver? And how can I calculate it?

How is the zakat calculated for gold that consists of a wife's gift, a wedding dowry, and personal savings?