Zakat Basics and Nisab
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How can the amount upon which a full year has passed and which is due for zakat be determined, given that the money is saved in different currencies? Is debt deducted from the zakat threshold amount? And how can zakat be paid for past years when there is uncertainty about the money reaching the threshold during those years?
Is zakat due on saved cash that exceeds a person's needs and on which a year has passed, or is zakat limited to gold and silver only? And if zakat is due on it, must it be divided equally among the eight categories of zakat recipients, or is it permissible to give it to some of them?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum invested in real estate that has reached the nisab and a hawl has passed over it, but it has not yet been received, its profits have not been settled, and it is unknown when it will be recovered?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money deposited in a non-Islamic bank for the purpose of preparing a bride, and are the resulting profits permissible or usury?
How is the zakat calculated for an amount of 8,640,000 Iraqi Dinars (5,640,000 of which is for the first year) received as salaries over a year and a half, knowing that she wishes to pay the zakat in Ramadan each year, and is the zakat due for one year or for a year and a half? And what is the ruling on the zakat of the remaining amount after paying off a debt for her mother?
How do you pay Zakat this year, or do you refrain from paying it until the house amount is settled, knowing that you have an amount that has reached its due date (hawl) and exceeds the nisab, and you lent a portion of it to your sister, and you have outstanding house installments?
What is the ruling on inherited money on which zakat was not paid due to ignorance, and how is its zakat calculated after years have passed? What is the start date for the calculation, and is the Hijri year a condition? Is the money collected to be zakated, or does each heir zakat their share? Is it permissible to delegate an individual to disburse it? To whom is zakat given among relatives and strangers? Is zakat obligatory on the inherited car money that was sold? What is the ruling on zakat for loaned money that the debtor procrastinates in repaying?
Can the overdue Zakat on crops for ten years be paid to clear one's liability?
Is it permissible to pay to remove disgrace in worldly matters, such as dispelling a bad reputation that has spread about a person but is not true of them?
Is zakat obligatory on the remaining installments for the price of a house that was contracted to be purchased for the purpose of dwelling, knowing that I currently have the full remaining amount available?
How is Zakat on money paid for funds invested in the trade of land and real estate or electrical appliances, where Zakat on the principal amount has been paid for several years, and then a profit was realized from it?
Is Zakat obligatory on money that has been agreed upon to be invested with profit or loss, but its operation has been delayed for three months, and if it is obligatory, is it calculated from the date of agreement or from the date of operation?
Is zakat obligatory on the principal amount gained from stock market investments if these investments are unlawful, knowing that the father provides for the questioner?
How is the zakat calculated for a joint-stock company involved in gold trading, where each shareholder owns a different number of grams, and the total grams amount to 500 grams? Does each individual pay zakat on their share, or is the management responsible for paying it?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of 2500 euros that was owned on 10 Rabi' al-Awwal 1437? Is this amount considered a nisab? Is it permissible to pay zakat two days or a week before its due date, or to delay it two days after the period due to an excuse? What should one do if they cannot find a deserving recipient for zakat?
Is Zakat obligatory on: a bank balance, a freehold apartment and a storeroom intended for trade, a private car, and a taxi on which a driver works for a wage?
What is the obligatory Zakat on a property built for residential purposes, whose owner then intended to complete its construction to sell it as apartments?
Is Zakat due on agricultural land purchased with the intention of selling it when its price rises, and which was cultivated for three years due to the unavailability of a buyer?
Is zakat obligatory on a loan amount that has been outstanding for years, has reached the nisab, and a full hawl has passed over it?
How is Zakat calculated on 18 and 21-carat gold that contains non-precious stones? Is it calculated based on the weight of the gold only, without the weight of the stones? And how is the nisab determined for different carats of gold?
Is Zakat due on a bank loan that has not yet been disbursed, on a sum loaned to brothers whose repayment period has passed and has not been repaid, and on a sum invested with a contractor?
Is it permissible to deduct a sum of zakat paid for land on which zakat is not due from the zakat of the coming year?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to campaigns for the relief of the Syrian people?
Does the Hawl (zakat year) begin on a specific day of the Hijri year or from the moment one possesses the nisab (minimum wealth subject to zakat)? And is zakat due for another Hawl on the same amount if $4875 remains after its zakat was paid when it was $5000?