Zakat Basics and Nisab

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Is it permissible to eat from bank money with interest after the death of the husband, and is zakat obligatory upon it, knowing that it is the sole source of expenditure for the orphans?
Is zakat obligatory on a house gifted by a father and on a plot of land?
Is zakat obligatory on sheep raised for fattening, and what is its amount? Is zakat obligatory on grazing sheep? Is zakat obligatory on the fruits of trees that are five years old? And what is the legitimate way to divide the proceeds among partners in a project?
Is zakat obligatory on a residential home, a rented inherited property, and a plot of land purchased five years ago, knowing that there are debts being paid in installments? And what is the percentage of zakat due in this case?
Is zakat calculated on the total borrowed amount, or on what remains after deducting the debt?
Is it permissible for a woman to give her zakat to her unemployed husband who has children, and how much would his share of the zakat be, and is it permissible to consider the monthly allowance given to him as zakat throughout the year?
Is zakat obligatory for one who sells a plot of land with the intention of replacing it with another to build a house?
Is Zakat obligatory on the actual value of the agricultural yield, or on the amount received from it in the event that the brethren do not deliver the full amount?
Is zakat obligatory on the remaining amount (1700 dinars) that has completed a full year, or on the original amount (2500 dinars) from which withdrawals were made, knowing that there is another amount (1000 dinars) that has not yet completed a full year?
Is it permissible to consider the money spent on the family from the scholarship allocated in the wife's name as Zakat al-Mal, and what should be the intention for Zakat in this case for the future?
Is zakat obligatory on money that has reached the nisab but has not been disposed of for years due to compelling circumstances, and is this money considered "ḍimār" (lost/unusable) and thus exempt from zakat for the past period, according to the view of Imam Malik?
How is zakat calculated on his freelance work and olive oil press, with existing profits, living expenses, and outstanding debts, in addition to an interest-based loan?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount paid as a down payment for the purchase of a residential apartment, then refunded after the company's failure to build it?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat on money for study expenses, books, or school transportation?
Is the zakat on cultivated land to be paid based on the tenth (tithe) or in cash?
Is it permissible to deliberately sell a small amount of gold so that what a person possesses falls below the Nisab, thus exempting them from Zakat?
What is the zakat threshold for fruit-bearing trees such as olive, plum, fig, and pear trees?
How is zakat paid on shares purchased to benefit from their profits, which have not distributed profits and have decreased in value?
How is the obligatory zakat on a merchant who works in import and trade determined, knowing that the zakat threshold (nisab) does not remain with him for a full year due to the nature of his trade, which is characterized by fluctuations between the presence of goods, cash liquidity, and outstanding debts in the market?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of 25,000 Saudi Riyals if a full year has passed on it, and what is its amount if it is obligatory?
How is the Zakat calculated for a barley crop irrigated by rainwater, knowing that its yield ranges from 10 to 20 quintals per 100 kilograms of seeds, and the crop sometimes gets damaged before harvest?
What is the zakat threshold for wheat and barley irrigated by rain and harvested by machine, and does the zakat include the share of the machine owner who took his payment in barley, and what is the weight of the sack upon which the zakat is to be paid?
Is Zakat on money to be paid after deducting various family expenses such as school installments, children's expenses, and other household needs?
When was the 2.5% zakat ordained, and what are the proofs for that from the Qur'an and the Sunnah?

Zakat Basics and Nisab

Is it permissible to eat from bank money with interest after the death of the husband, and is zakat obligatory upon it, knowing that it is the sole source of expenditure for the orphans?

Is zakat obligatory on a house gifted by a father and on a plot of land?

Is zakat obligatory on sheep raised for fattening, and what is its amount? Is zakat obligatory on grazing sheep? Is zakat obligatory on the fruits of trees that are five years old? And what is the legitimate way to divide the proceeds among partners in a project?

Is zakat obligatory on a residential home, a rented inherited property, and a plot of land purchased five years ago, knowing that there are debts being paid in installments? And what is the percentage of zakat due in this case?

Is zakat calculated on the total borrowed amount, or on what remains after deducting the debt?

Is it permissible for a woman to give her zakat to her unemployed husband who has children, and how much would his share of the zakat be, and is it permissible to consider the monthly allowance given to him as zakat throughout the year?

Is zakat obligatory for one who sells a plot of land with the intention of replacing it with another to build a house?

Is Zakat obligatory on the actual value of the agricultural yield, or on the amount received from it in the event that the brethren do not deliver the full amount?

Is zakat obligatory on the remaining amount (1700 dinars) that has completed a full year, or on the original amount (2500 dinars) from which withdrawals were made, knowing that there is another amount (1000 dinars) that has not yet completed a full year?

Is it permissible to consider the money spent on the family from the scholarship allocated in the wife's name as Zakat al-Mal, and what should be the intention for Zakat in this case for the future?

Is zakat obligatory on money that has reached the nisab but has not been disposed of for years due to compelling circumstances, and is this money considered "ḍimār" (lost/unusable) and thus exempt from zakat for the past period, according to the view of Imam Malik?

How is zakat calculated on his freelance work and olive oil press, with existing profits, living expenses, and outstanding debts, in addition to an interest-based loan?

Is zakat obligatory on an amount paid as a down payment for the purchase of a residential apartment, then refunded after the company's failure to build it?

Is it permissible to pay Zakat on money for study expenses, books, or school transportation?

Is the zakat on cultivated land to be paid based on the tenth (tithe) or in cash?

Is it permissible to deliberately sell a small amount of gold so that what a person possesses falls below the Nisab, thus exempting them from Zakat?

What is the zakat threshold for fruit-bearing trees such as olive, plum, fig, and pear trees?

How is zakat paid on shares purchased to benefit from their profits, which have not distributed profits and have decreased in value?

Is zakat obligatory on an amount of 25,000 Saudi Riyals if a full year has passed on it, and what is its amount if it is obligatory?

How is the Zakat calculated for a barley crop irrigated by rainwater, knowing that its yield ranges from 10 to 20 quintals per 100 kilograms of seeds, and the crop sometimes gets damaged before harvest?

What is the zakat threshold for wheat and barley irrigated by rain and harvested by machine, and does the zakat include the share of the machine owner who took his payment in barley, and what is the weight of the sack upon which the zakat is to be paid?

Is Zakat on money to be paid after deducting various family expenses such as school installments, children's expenses, and other household needs?

When was the 2.5% zakat ordained, and what are the proofs for that from the Qur'an and the Sunnah?