Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is zakat obligatory on an amount of $1450 invested in a stock exchange company that went bankrupt, and a year has passed on it? Does this amount reach the nisab, and what is the current nisab for zakat?
What is the zakat threshold for grains for one who cultivates land irrigated by lined (reinforced) rivers provided by the state, for which the farmer pays fees to the state, and is this land considered ba'l (rain-fed), sayh (naturally irrigated), or in-between?
Is zakat obligatory on a wife's money that is deposited into her husband's bank account, and how can it be paid, given that he does not commit to it?
Is zakat obligatory on a building consisting of a commercial floor designated for rent and another residential floor for its owner, and how is the value of zakat estimated if it is obligatory?
Is it permissible to open Islamic bank accounts for children and deposit gifts, Eid allowances, and monthly sums into them, or must the money remain the property of the father to be distributed as an inheritance after his death?
Is Zakat due on a deposit if it is broken before the usual Zakat due date?
How is the zakat calculated for a store selling old iron, some of which is not sold or whose price decreases?
Is zakat obligatory on women's jewelry, and if so, what is its amount, and is it appraised at its purchase price or its selling price?
Is zakat obligatory on plots of land purchased with the intention of preserving wealth to buy an apartment? Are car installments and association dues deducted from its value? Is it permissible to delay giving out zakat to distribute it personally?
Is Zakat obligatory on rented or empty houses, at what price is the Zakat estimated, and should the property be sold to pay its Zakat if money is not available?
Is Zakat obligatory on 38.5 kilograms of pressed olives?
What is the ruling on disposing of inherited money that is under guardianship in a usurious bank, with accumulated interest, and is zakat obligatory on it retroactively, and how is it to be paid?
Is the price of the truck and the trailer to be deducted from the money on which a year has passed when calculating zakat, or is the amount of the trailer to be added to the money on which zakat is due, knowing that the payment for the trailer was delayed beyond the date zakat became due?
How can I pay the zakat on my wealth, after I used to pay it only from the profits due to my ignorance, and not from the principal capital?
Is Zakat due on money deducted monthly by the company for retirement insurance, upon receipt or after the passing of a Hawl (one lunar year)?
What is the ruling on orphans' money placed in usurious banks by their guardian? Are they sinful for benefiting from its interest before knowing of its prohibition? Is Zakat retroactively obligatory on that money? Is it obligatory for them to purify it after knowing of its prohibition, citing the the noble verse: ﴿So whoever receives an admonition from his Lord and desists, he may have what has already passed, and his affair is to Allah. But whoever returns [to usury] - those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein﴾? Is it permissible for them to spend it on public interests such as mosques and Quran memorization centers, or assisting poor families? Can it be disposed of gradually?
What is the amount of zakat that must be paid by someone who owns 85 grams of gold and has not paid its zakat for the previous four years? Is it 8.5 grams or only 2.125 grams?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money that was paid as a down payment for an apartment, then was refunded with a portion of it remaining in a post-dated check, and when does the hawl (Zakat year) begin for it?
How much zakat is obligatory to be paid on an apple crop in two scenarios: first, if it is sold for $12,000 with expenses of $2,000, and second, if it is sold for $500 with expenses of $2,000?
Is zakat obligatory upon a partner in a limited liability company who receives a monthly salary or an annual profit, considering the use of undeclared methods for spending money, and how can he pay zakat for past years after he became the sole manager of the company, taking into account tax restrictions and the possibility of the nisab not being reached in some years?
Is Zakat obligatory on the monthly income distributed to heirs from the cultivation of their agricultural land?
Is Zakat obligatory on two sums of money, for which a full year has not passed concurrently on both, where one sum reached the Nisab and a full year has passed on it, while the other sum has not yet had a full year pass on it, knowing that land was purchased with the second sum?
Is zakat obligatory on a house that has been rented out for 3 years, given that its price was paid off only 6 months ago, and the rental income is used to cover family expenses and pay off the remaining installments on the house?
Is it obligatory to pay Zakat on crops and fruits first, or to pay off debts, and then pay Zakat on the remainder if it reaches the nisab?