Zakat Basics and Nisab
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How is the zakat on gold and silver in the form of jewelry and precious stones to be paid: by value or by weight? And what is the difference between the two?
Does deducting a monthly amount from saved money, which is less than the annual obligatory Zakat amount, count as Zakat for this money?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount that has been impounded, and cannot be disposed of except by withdrawing 550 Euros per month, knowing that the impoundment occurred before the completion of the hawl (one year)?
Is the money saved to be paid as a down payment for a house, the price of which has not yet been determined, considered a debt that would exempt it from Zakat this year and in the years to follow?
Is zakat obligatory on two gold earrings and two gold rings, kept for future use (as part of a trousseau) and never worn, with the concern that this might fall under the hoarding of gold and silver mentioned in the Quran?
Is Zakat obligatory on a gold debt (3000 dinars) that a woman borrowed from her sister without her husband's knowledge, knowing that the debtor only has a state salary?
What is the ruling on zakat for jewelry if it reaches the nisab and a hawl (year) passes over it?
Is zakat obligatory on money that is not used, and the mother takes from it then returns it?
Is zakat due on delayed salaries disbursed in a lump sum after a year and a half of employment, given the existence of debts that consume half the amount, and is zakat due on future monthly salaries that reach the nisab?
Is zakat due on gold used for jewelry if it reaches the nisab, or only on gold prepared for trade, even if it is also used for adornment, or on both if they reach the nisab?
What should we do to cover the shortfall in the amount of zakat paid to the state, which results in the amount paid being less than what is legally due, in order to avoid sin?
Is zakat obligatory on inherited money that has not yet been divided, and is zakat obligatory on the land that the mother purchased with this money, and are the heirs sinful for not dividing the inheritance, and how should this money be divided according to Sharia?
What is the Nisab of gold jewelry for 21-carat and 18-carat?
How is the Zakat calculated for rented real estate according to the two common systems in Egypt, knowing that it was built for personal use then rented out due to a need for money?
Is zakat obligatory on ten kilograms of pure gold after the passing of a hawl (lunar year) if its weight decreased due to loss?
Is zakat due on the principal capital of the trade (10,000 EGP) or on the accumulated profit in a joint foreign bakery project?
Is Zakat obligatory on the amount from the sale of a house, half of which has not yet been paid, and is it to be paid immediately upon the passing of a complete year (hawl) or after the amount has been collected?
What is the ruling on disposing of the mother's inheritance if it is mixed with unlawful money, while there are needy heirs, and is zakat obligatory on this money while it is under the disposal of one of the heirs?
Is Zakat obligatory on land that is intended for sale after ten years of ownership, and is it permissible to give Zakat to a poor and indebted husband, and is it permissible to buy household necessities with this Zakat?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of 30,0 Egyptian Pounds deposited in the bank for two years, knowing that its owner is unemployed and has no expertise?
What is the amount of Zakat due on 500,000 Lira, which is the price of selling the citrus fruit harvest season, after deducting expenses amounting to 250,000 Lira?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a man who hid his deceased wife's gold for fourteen years without paying its zakat, and what must the children do after they uncovered it following his death?
Is Zakat obligatory on the farmer’s entire crop, from which he borrowed a "ardab" of grain, or on what remains after isolating the "ardab" that is owed as debt? And what is the ruling if the crop falls below the "nisab" after isolating this "ardab"?
Is Zakat permissible for me in my current situation, knowing that I am searching for housing after being evicted from my apartment, and I possess a sum of money that is neither large nor insignificant?