Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is a new sum of money collected from the government specifically for building a house to be combined with the joint money the father manages for the purpose of paying Zakat, knowing that the new money has entered a private account and the file has been under study for a long time?
Is zakat obligatory on a wife's and daughters' jewelry, and on an apartment and land bought for investment that have not yet been paid for or utilized, and what is the zakat threshold for them?
Is zakat obligatory on a shared flock of sheep that exceeds forty head, if the share of each individual partner does not reach the minimum threshold (nisab), and the sheep graze together?
Does Zakat on money become obligatory on an amount that has decreased by more than half, given that a quarter of it was loaned to two people, and with the remainder a car and a shop were purchased, and the remaining portion with the brother is diminishing?
Is Zakat obligatory on a medical device valued at $4,500 that is used in operations and generates additional income, or is Zakat calculated only on the liquid savings?
What is the ruling on someone who has not paid the zakat on his money deposited in an Islamic bank for twenty years, under the pretext that he heard that money saved for educating children is not subject to zakat, and he now wishes to pay it but not in one lump sum due to his need for the money to educate and marry off his children? Should he pay the zakat on this money this year and the remainder in installments?
How is Zakat on the pea crop to be paid in the aforementioned agricultural partnership? Is it obligatory only for the landowner, or must it be paid before dividing the crop? And what is the irrigating pea crop's Nisab?
How is zakat calculated for real estate land under construction, with part of its building cost paid and some of its apartments currently being sold, and is it considered trade goods now or after completing construction and knowing the profit?
Is it permissible to deduct the remaining price of the apartment—which has not yet been delivered and its installments have not been paid—from the money upon which a year has passed and zakat is due, and then pay zakat on the remainder? And does the ruling differ if the delay in delivery was due to me?
Is Zakat obligatory on an apartment that was bought for a son to be used as a residence or for sale?
Is it permissible to mention the name of Allah in Spanish, even when speaking to a Spaniard, or is that not permissible?
How is the zakat for date palms calculated if part of the dates are sold while the other part remains on the palm?
Is zakat obligatory on loaned money if a hawl (lunar year) has passed while it is in the amount of a nisab (minimum threshold), and is the period it spent with the borrower calculated? And how should one act with a father who refuses to pay zakat on his money that has reached the nisab, claiming it is spent, and does the son bear sin in this case?
How is the Zakat calculated on incentive shares in a company, and is Zakat obligatory on the total shares or on the half that is permitted for sale?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to a poor head of household to enable him to purchase tools for a trade or merchandise, or to help him achieve a dignified life that wouldSpare him from begging in the future, even if the amount of money given exceeds the Zakat nisab?
Why has zakat disappeared, and is it for the the rich or for the poor?
Is Zakat obligatory for a woman who owns a residential apartment, two apartments designated for rent, a plot of land, in addition to an amount paid as a down payment for the purchase of two villas?
Is zakat obligatory on gold that exceeded the nisab and was not worn for 3 years, then sold to buy clothes, and how is its zakat calculated?
Is Zakat obligatory on lands acquired for building a future home for children, and how is it calculated if obligatory, and is Zakat obligatory on date palms that have been harvested and distributed as gifts?
Is zakat due on the paid Hajj amount that reaches the minimum threshold (nisab) before performing the Hajj pilgrimage?
Is it permissible to spend the price of silverware, which was not previously paid zakat on and was used for adornment, on children after selling it?
How is zakat to be paid if three people share a piece of land: one for cultivation, another for plowing, and the third has rented the land? And how is zakat to be paid if one person alone has rented the land?
How is the zakat calculated for a poultry shop that began operation two years ago, and whose zakat has not yet been paid? Should debts be settled first? Is it permissible to estimate the zakat by deducting household expenses? Can it be paid in installments? What is its nisab?
Is the zakat on the olive harvest to be paid before or after its division, knowing that after division it will not reach the zakat threshold?