Zakat Basics and Nisab
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How is the Zakat calculated on a sum of EGP 100,000 that has yielded a profit of EGP 21,280 after one year?
How is zakat calculated on money that reaches the nisab, but fluctuates with increase and decrease during the hawl (one lunar year), while the money is being saved to buy an apartment?
Is it permissible for a mother to secretly give her saved money as zakat, without her husband's knowledge, after he had forgiven her for concealing the money?
Is Zakat obligatory in March when the money reaches the Nisab, or in August after it has increased?
Is it obligatory to pay Zakat on the full amount saved for two years, or only for the last year, and what is the ruling on repeatedly paying Zakat on the same amount?
How can Zakat be calculated and disbursed for money that has been saved since 2010, knowing that it increases and decreases? Is it sufficient to pay Zakat on the current balance to cover the Zakat for past years? Is it permissible to disburse Zakat in a country other than the country of residence?
Is Zakat on money and its hawl (passage of a year) calculated from the day of the father's death or from the day the inheritance is received from the bank, especially for a frozen deposit with a return that has not yet reached the nisab after disbursements from it?
Is the zakat nisab for gold to be extracted from pure gold (24 karat), or from adulterated gold if the gold content is predominant, knowing that it is possible to ascertain the percentage of pure gold nowadays?
Is Zakat obligatory on money resulting from the sale of a residential house, which will be used to purchase another residential house, knowing that he does not own another house for residence?
How is Zakat on wealth calculated in personal finance that is used for trade, when there are installments not yet due?
Is it obligatory to pay the zakat on all saved gold before selling a portion of it if the remainder will fall below the nisab?
When is it obligatory to pay Zakat on salary: Is it in the month of Rabi' al-Thani of each year, or should one wait until Ramadan to pay Zakat on both salary and savings together, or should Zakat on salary be paid now (Rabi' al-Thani) and Zakat on savings in Ramadan?
When does the hawl for zakat begin for an agreed-upon and guaranteed amount that is paid in installments: from the date of the agreement or from the date the full amount is received?
What is the zakat on twelve camels in the Najran region, and is zakat obligatory for me, knowing that I spend on them from my own account and they are in a pen and graze two to three months a year?
What should I do concerning the past years during which a full year (hawl) has passed on my salaries, knowing that I did not pay zakat on my monthly salary due to my ignorance of the ruling, and is it permissible to pay more than a quarter of a tenth (2.5%) in zakat?
Is zakat due on savings every year, or once, given that the nisab has been reached and the only source of income is salary?
Is it permissible to sell wheat that has not fully grown due to lack of rain and cannot be harvested by the combine, to another man for the benefit of his sheep and livestock, and is Zakat obligatory on the selling price if it reaches the nisab?
What is the ruling on paying zakat on crops and fruits in monetary value after selling them, instead of paying it at the time of harvest?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved for years, when the amount on which a full year has passed is unknown, after a large portion of it has been spent?
Does the website only transmit scholarly fatwas, or does it engage in ijtihad (independent reasoning) in issuing fatwas? And if it does engage in ijtihad, can it do so in estimating the nisab (minimum taxable amount) for zakat using gold or silver? And does not seeing Allah in this world contradict the verse: {And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we will not believe you until we see Allah outright"; so the thunderbolt struck you while you were looking on} (2:55)?
Is a student required to pay Zakat on the money remaining with him, designated for completing his studies in another country, if he is suspended from studying?
Is Zakat obligatory on gold given by a mother to her daughter, and if it is obligatory, upon whom is it due if the daughter does not work?
Does the monthly allowance from which the student spends necessitate Zakat?
Is it permissible to give an unemployed, poor brother from Zakat funds, knowing that his father cannot cover the household expenses and is being helped?