Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money placed as a trust with a person who disposed of it without the owner's permission, and should the owner of the money or the one who disposed of it pay it?
What is the amount of Zakat due on lemon fruits that were sold for a period of six months and their price was collected?
How is the estate of a deceased father, consisting of a sum of money on which a year has passed and which has reached the Nisab, a plot of land, and two houses, to be distributed among his family, composed of a wife, a son, and three daughters, according to Islamic law?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat from funds invested for the benefit of the mosque?
How is the Zakat calculated for a house that was bought for future residence and temporarily rented out, and another house that was bought for investment but its construction is not yet complete?
Is Zakat due on gold left in another country with the intention of wearing it in the future, given that it has not been worn for several years?
Is zakat obligatory on a building inherited by five daughters and one son from their father, knowing that their mother is deceased, and one of the apartments is occupied by one of the sisters without rent due to her difficult circumstances, and another apartment is designated for family gatherings, while the remaining apartments are rented out and the brother is responsible for collecting the rent and spending it on renovations and repairs?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved in a pension fund if it reaches the nisab and a hawl (lunar year) passes, knowing that it can only be withdrawn after reaching retirement age?
Are home loan installments deducted when calculating zakat on money?
What is the minimum taxable amount (nisab) for camels that graze in the wilderness for six months or less, and are then fed for the remainder of the year from irrigated crops, and is zakat obligatory upon them?
What is the Zakat on date palms if their yield is sold for cash, and does the ruling differ if it is stored for consumption?
What is the amount on which zakat is due now: is it the full initial amount until its due date, or the currently remaining amount including what is due after 3 months, or the amount after full payment of the installment?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of 70,0 dirhams obtained through Tawarruq, a private car purchased for 38,0 dirhams, and a plot of land purchased in cash for trade for 120,0 dirhams, with monthly obligations amounting to 7,750 dirhams?
What is the ruling on zakat for a passenger transport company that incurs losses at the end of the year?
Is it permissible to give an indebted brother from zakat money to pay off his debts to the state, knowing that he works and has a monthly salary, or must he pay them from his salary?
Is Zakat payable only on the increase in the value of gold jewelry that reached the Nisab threshold and on which Zakat was paid last year, or is it payable on the entire jewelry if its value increased this year?
What is the ruling on interest added to car accident compensation if the company late in payment is an insurance company legally obligated to pay, and is it permissible to pay Zakat from this compensation?
Is there Zakat due on gold that a sister kept and did not wear for adornment, and then sold?
Is it obligatory to pay zakat again on money for which zakat was previously paid and a full year has passed without any increase or decrease?
Is zakat obligatory on money inherited by a woman from the National Fund for Saving and Provident after her mother's death, knowing that the money generated fixed interest and its receipt and division were delayed? And must the interest be disposed of before division, and is the agent allowed to dispose of the new interest resulting from the delayed division?
What is the amount of zakat that must be paid, and when is it due, given the existence of cash balances, gold, silver, merchandise, debts owed by others, debts owed to others, commercial shop rent, housing rent, and other expenses?
Is zakat obligatory on an inherited piece of land that is leased but has not been utilized or developed, knowing that its price has increased beyond its value on the day of inheritance? And does the ruling differ if it is sold and its price is exchanged for another property or land?
What is the amount of zakat due on 82,0 Saudi Riyals invested in a property that has not yet been sold, given other financial obligations (car installment by Murabaha, debt to others, personal expenses), and is it better to pay zakat in the UAE or send it to relatives and the needy in Palestine?
Is zakat due on money that reached the nisab before the year was complete if a car was bought with it, and is zakat due on the car itself?