Zakat Basics and Nisab
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What is the obligatory Zakat due on 27 sacks of corn, knowing that the total cost of irrigation was 8.5 sacks, and the questioner's share of the crop is 9 sacks?
Is Zakat obligatory on money that reached the Nisab and a Hawl (one lunar year) passed on it for years, then at the time of paying Zakat it did not reach the Nisab? And how can the time of paying Zakat be changed to the month of Ramadan if it is paid in another month?
How is corn zakat paid if it is milled green with its leaves?
What is the ruling on zakat for the employee provident fund, which is disbursed only after termination of service, and what is the ruling on zakat for the annual distributed profits from this fund?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of EGP 25,000 deposited in an Islamic bank, generating a fluctuating profit, considering the existence of a pension and exorbitant monthly medical expenses?
Is Zakat obligatory upon receiving money inherited from our father who passed away and may have already paid Zakat on it, and is it permissible to give Zakat to his two poor, married daughters?
Is 2.5% calculated from the total amount from which a portion has been spent, or only from the currently remaining amount, and is it permissible to give zakat to one poor person or must it be divided among several poor people?
Is Zakat obligatory on an amount of ten million Algerian centimes (100,0 Algerian Dinars) representing bonuses not received from a government institution for over 15 years?
What is the share of each heir from the deceased's inheritance, is Zakat obligatory on an undivided inheritance, and is it permissible to give Zakat to a married sister?
Is Zakat obligatory on the produce of land worked by a paid laborer who takes his wage (one-fifth), if the total produce reaches the Nisab, but the share of each heir, if divided, does not reach the Nisab? And is it permissible for the paid laborer to pay this Zakat?
Is zakat obligatory upon the broker who buys and sells used cars, lands, and houses, and does he pay zakat for each sale operation or upon the passing of a hawl (a lunar year), according to the Maliki school of thought?
Is zakat due on gold jewelry that a deceased wife bequeathed to her children, and if it is due, how is the zakat for past years, which was not paid, calculated, given that the children were minors at the time of death?
Is zakat due on the entire quantity of gold owned, or only on the increase after the original nisab has been reached?
Am I sinful for delaying the payment of Zakat al-Mal for six months—until returning to my home country where poverty is more widespread—due to uncertainty about who is eligible to receive it in my current country of residence?
What is the ruling on zakat for gold that was sold in installments, given that the due date (hawl) for each piece cannot be recalled, and more than 13 years have passed since all the gold was sold?
Is zakat obligatory on a commercial building whose construction has not been completed and whose full price has not been paid, and a Hawl (full lunar year) has passed on it?
What is the monetary threshold (nisab) that makes Zakat obligatory, and can it be calculated using international currencies instead of gold?
Is Zakat obligatory on my money invested in a contracting company, given that I withdrew my bank balance four months before Ramadan to establish the company, and I have not yet made any profits from the projects?
Is zakat due on the total amount (12,000 Saudi Riyals) or on the first installment of it (1,000 Saudi Riyals), if a year has passed in Muharram 1432 AH on an amount that began to be collected monthly starting from Muharram 1431 AH?
Is zakat obligatory for a ready-made clothes merchant whose money accumulates from cash sales and debts, and is used to purchase new merchandise, while he has no saved money and most of his debts are not collected until after years?
How is zakat calculated on a sum in euros for someone living outside the Eurozone, and is zakat due on the entire amount that has been held for a year, or on the difference between it and the nisab?
When is zakat due on camels: upon reaching five heads, or upon the passing of a hawl (lunar year) on them after reaching this number?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on borrowing money with interest for construction, and is zakat obligatory for the years in which the property is rented to the financier?
Is Zakat obligatory on money invested in purchasing lands for construction and sale, given the existence of accumulated debts, and how is Zakat calculated on the remaining lands, and is it permissible to count a debt owed by an insolvent person as Zakat?