Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is zakat obligatory on a borrowed sum, a hawl (lunar year) having passed over it, knowing that it is deducted from the salary monthly?
How is Zakat paid on olives in the case of splitting the harvest in half and selling a large portion of one's share before the remainder reaches the Nisab?
What is the amount of zakat on silver that must be paid on 2536.5 grams, and is it permissible to pay it outside of Ramadan?
Is zakat obligatory on a commercial shop that has been closed for eight years due to lack of availability, and on gold jewelry belonging to the wife and daughters, some of which is used and some of which is kept for future use?
Is Zakat obligatory on a car designated for distributing goods, and on the distributed goods that are bought and sold on credit?
Is the zakat on lent money used for trade obligatory, given that the borrower undertook to pay the zakat himself?
Is zakat due on a salary received three months in advance, knowing that the amount saved from it can be estimated, especially if the zakat payer is accustomed to giving zakat on his wealth in Ramadan?
Is Zakat obligatory on money borrowed for a project that has been in possession for a full year (hawl), and how is the value of Zakat estimated for a service company that does not own physical goods?
What is the obligatory Zakat on garden fruits sold in installments, and is Zakat due on the full amount or only on the down payment? Also, what is the obligatory Zakat on minors' funds held in the bank?
Is zakat due annually on "dead stock" auto parts that were previously subject to zakat, knowing that their sale is very minimal?
Is zakat obligatory on government-subsidized money if a Hawl (lunar year) passes over it and it reaches the Nisab (minimum threshold)?
How is the Zakat calculated for a driving school, and is it estimated based on the value of cars and furniture as capital, or based only on profits (2.5%)? And how is Zakat paid for past years for which it was not paid?
Is Zakat obligatory on barley and the like that its owner cultivates but then cannot harvest, so he pastures animals in it? And what is the ruling of Sharia on this action?
How is zakat paid on an internet cafe that has 12 computers?
What is the zakat amount for a plot of land purchased for investment, and is it due every year?
Is it permissible to benefit from an airline ticket sales agency owned by one's brother, provided that the agency repays an usurious loan specific to the brother? And how is zakat calculated for an airline ticket sales agency that buys seats and then sells them at a profit or loss?
Is it obligatory to remove accumulated usurious money from the father's inheritance, and what is the ruling on spending it on building a house or on education? Is it permissible to give this money to the widowed mother, and are rent and utility bills considered among its [legitimate] expenditures? Is zakat obligatory upon the orphan and the widow? And is it permissible to maintain a usurious bank account out of necessity?
Is Zakat obligatory upon heirs who own agricultural lands in partnership with other heirs, where these lands are cultivated under a system of two-thirds for the farmer and one-third for the owner, and what about the Zakat for past years that was not paid?
Must I give Sadaqah, and how do I give it, knowing that I did not give Sadaqah on Ashura due to my ignorance of it?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat on money saved in hard currency if it is paid in local currency and from the father's money, knowing that my father and I consider our money to be shared and we cover the family's needs with the local currency?
Is Zakat obligatory on past and future payments made for investment in a hospital construction project that has not yet been completed?
Is zakat obligatory on the income of a public services office, which is not retained but spent immediately on employee salaries and other expenses?
If a person acquires unlawful wealth and takes only what suffices his needs, then wishes to pay zakat and gives it to a young man who possesses the nisab, but this money is insufficient to cover his needs for more than a few months because it is consumed, is this money considered lawful for this young man, or must it be destroyed? And is the compelled person who received this zakat sinful, or is the one who paid it sinful?
How is zakat paid on palm trees that bear little fruit or none at all, and whose annual income does not exceed four months' wages for a worker?