Zakat Basics and Nisab
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What is the criterion and standard for determining whether acquired wealth is an origin for initial wealth, such such as adding stock profits to original fabric trade profits?
How is Zakat paid when renting and employing?
What is the amount of zakat due on a savings account of EGP 120,000, for which zakat has not been paid for 30 years, knowing that the account was opened in the questioner's name by his mother, who passed away shortly after its establishment?
Is zakat obligatory on money I loaned to my father—money that exceeds the nisab—provided that I will retrieve it in the form of real estate?
Does zakat apply to capital or profit or both if invested in livestock, and upon whom is it obligatory? And does zakat apply to a loan that does not reach the nisab on its own but increases it when combined with my wealth?
What is the amount of zakat due on EGP 200,0 and EGP 60,0 in a bank deposit for children? Is it permissible to pay zakat after receiving the annual murabaha from the bank? Is it permissible to give zakat to a brother who is experiencing difficult financial circumstances?
What is the ruling on Zakat for money invested in a translation office? Is it obligatory only on the principal capital, or on both the principal capital and the profit, especially since the beneficiary is left with nothing from the profit and principal capital after covering his needs and debts?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money designated to pay a fine ruled against a person, when this sum is deposited in a safe place until the end of his prison term?
Is it permissible to calculate the Nisab from the total funds that do not fully enter into the worker's possession?
Is it obligatory to pay zakat on money saved for a commercial project, upon which a year has passed, or should it be used to pay off part of the debts, knowing that the monthly income is not sufficient to meet needs and debts?
What is the zakat amount on a fava bean harvest of 7144 Egyptian pounds, taking into account that the farmer takes one-quarter before deducting expenses, and that the fava beans rely on irrigation once then rain; and are the expenses and the farmer's share deducted before calculating zakat, or is it calculated on the total amount?
How is the zakat calculated for the funds of a transportation company, given that the funds are variable and do not remain for a full year, and there are outstanding balances due?
How is Zakat calculated on an amount of money in a savings account at an Islamic bank, while having a loan from the same bank, and using the account to cover daily needs, which makes it difficult to determine the amount upon which a year has passed?
Is zakat due on retroactive wage increases, given that they exceed the nisab?
Is it permissible to take a loan of 8,0 dinars without interest, and then lend 7,0 dinars of it to a brother before repaying the original loan?
What is the zakatable threshold (nisab) to be considered for accumulated wealth if the nisab changes between the beginning and the end of the Hawl (lunar year), and should one consider the declared nisab at the time the Hawl is completed, or the prevailing nisab throughout the year?
Is Zakat obligatory on money paid to a housing cooperative that has reached the nisab and on which a year has passed, knowing that it is in the cooperative's account and not in a personal account?
Is zakat obligatory on a male orphan's inherited wealth, and is its disbursement tied to a specific age for the orphan, such as puberty, finishing studies, or starting work?
Is it permissible to give zakat to parents and siblings, and what is the ruling on forgetting the time of its निकालना (Hawl)?
Is the company's method of calculating Zakat Sharia-compliant, taking into consideration the inclusion of new heirs and a change in the method of calculating Zakat on their capital?
Is Zakat obligatory on capital invested in investment funds if its loss reaches 70%, with no steady income for the investor who supports a family and has significant financial obligations?
When is Zakat imposed on orphans who have reached 21 years of age and are still being supported by their mother?
How does one purify with zakat the money earned from his previous job, for which a specific monthly wage was not agreed upon until after three years, and now he receives his wage regularly, taking into account the purchase of a truck in installments in partnership with a friend and borrowing a sum of money that has not been fully repaid?
Is Zakat obligatory on a rented house, the rent of which is spent on the family's living expenses; and on an amount deposited in an Islamic bank – and does the bank undertake the disbursement of Zakat; and is Zakat obligatory on ornamental gold; and is it permissible to distribute Zakat to relatives of middle or lower income?