Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is Zakat obligatory on the wealth of an 8-year-old orphan child who is ill, inherited money exceeding the nisab, and uses it for his treatment?
Is zakat obligatory on donation funds that exceed the nisab and on which a hawl (year) has passed in charitable organizations, knowing that the donor intended them as sadaqah (charity) and not zakat?
Does the salary of the owner of an establishment who works in it himself count as general expenses for the establishment or as profits subject to Zakat?
Is zakat obligatory for a doctor in Iraqi Kurdistan whose monthly income with his wife is 7-8 thousand dollars, their expenses are 2000 dollars, and he has house construction installments amounting to 24 thousand dollars, and he owns a share in a private hospital valued at 20 thousand dollars that he cannot sell?
Does the farmer pay the zakat on olives from their selling price after they ripen while still on the trees, or does he add the harvesting cost to that?
Are shares subject to Zakat, and what are their Nisab and Zakat rates if their owner does not wish to sell them now?
Is zakat obligatory on two sums of money left by the deceased, one for Hajj and the other for funeral expenses and donating the remainder, knowing that the second sum did not reach the nisab, and more than two years have passed over both of them, and are the two sums considered one wealth when calculating zakat?
Am I obliged to pay Zakat this year, given that I bought a shop three months before the end of the year and have not yet completed the Zakat amount for last year? Am I sinful for that? And can I complete the amount after the end of the year?
Is zakat obligatory on the jewelry given to the fiancée if a year has passed and she has not yet worn it, and who pays it?
Is zakat obligatory upon a poor person who possesses a zakatable amount from zakat and charity money, and a hawl has passed on it, and he has two disabled children?
How is the Zakat on money calculated if the money reaches the Nisab by adding previous savings to recently received deferred financial entitlements, knowing that each amount on its own did not reach the Nisab upon its receipt?
How is zakat paid on goods displayed for sale (trade goods) held in a shop?
What is the ruling on financial compensation received from a non-Islamic insurance company after a car accident, and is Zakat obligatory on it, given the urgent need for this money to pay off debts?
Is zakat obligatory on a camera located in a shop?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money on which zakat was paid last year before the end of its hawl (zakat year) on a portion of it, then this year, two days before the zakat due date, the sum was used to purchase an apartment which resulted in a debt with monthly installments? And is it permissible to give zakat to a brother who is studying at university and has no source of income?
When does the hawl (year) begin for calculating zakat on deferred salaries: Is it from the time the money is due, or from the time it is received?
Should the zakat on the plot of land I bought for trading be paid in Dhu al-Hijjah, or with my usual annual zakat payment in Sha'ban, knowing that if I had not bought it, I would have paid zakat on its value in the current Sha'ban?
Should the saved money that was spent on building a house and getting married be subject to zakat, or should the new money be subject to zakat when a Hawl (lunar year) has passed over it?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity on wealth) to a indebted brother whose salary is insufficient to cover his expenses and debts, without informing him that it is Zakat? And is Zakat obligatory on shares and subscriptions that have not yet yielded a profit?
I have a rabbit farm; how do I pay the legitimate Zakat on it?
Is Zakat on wealth obligatory for money invested in a real estate partnership that has been halted for four years due to unforeseen circumstances, especially given the resulting losses?
Is zakat due this year on merchandise for which zakat was paid in 2005 and 2006, but which has not been sold? And what is the meaning of the hadith: "There is no repetition of zakat payment in charity"?
Must a merchant who sells by installments pay zakat on his trade wealth upon the passing of a hawl (lunar year) on the principal amount, even though some of the sale installments have not yet been collected, which would result in paying zakat multiple times on the same money?
What gold carat is the Nisab (eighty-five grams) determined by: is it 18, 21, or 24 carat?