Zakat Basics and Nisab
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What is the ruling on a mother’s bequest to her daughter of money she deposited in the daughter’s name for the care of her deceased brother’s children? Is the daughter permitted to dispose of it and invest it? What is the ruling on the money generated from this investment? How can she return this money to her siblings without severing ties of kinship? Is she permitted to pay zakat on the invested money without her siblings’ knowledge?
Is Zakat obligatory on a bank balance of 10,000, upon which a year has passed, given the existence of a debt of 20,000 for apartment installments due three months after the Zakat due date?
Is zakat obligatory on gold saved for children if its value reaches the nisab collectively, not individually, and is it permissible to give this zakat to the poor, indebted husband?
Is failure to fully adhere to the zakat threshold, after a previous supplication to allocate a portion of one's provision to the poor, considered hypocrisy for which one will be punished by Allah, just as happened to those mentioned in Surat At-Tawbah, whose charities were rejected and whose repentance was not accepted?
Is it obligatory to pay Zakat on saved money that has been held for a full year, knowing that paying Zakat will increase the amount of the loan needed to buy a house in a safe area, far from the people of innovation (Ahl al-Bid'ah)?
Is Zakat obligatory on a house that was bought four years ago and rented out a year ago, but has not generated income after covering maintenance expenses?
If two people share in the Zakat of crops, do they pay the Zakat before dividing, or do they divide the fruits and then each one pays his Zakat, knowing that if they divide, it may not reach the Nisab?
When is zakat due on invested money that has only been invested for six months from the start date of the investment? Is the principal zakat paid in Ramadan and the profits delayed, or are both the principal and profit zakat delayed until the end of the Gregorian year?
What is the ruling on zakat for a horse farm designated for trade, none of whose horses have been sold for over a year, with the expenses of their upkeep and care being borne? And what is the value of the zakat due on them?
Is zakat due annually on capital and profits, or on profits only, given that the borrower has not yet paid all installments of his loan, and what he has left monthly after paying the installments is less than the remaining debt?
What is the ruling on Zakat for a sea cargo shipping services company and its profits, and is Zakat obligatory for the past five years?
Is zakat to be paid as calculated at the beginning of the year on the entire amount in both currencies, or is it to be recalculated at the end of the year based on the change in the value of the local and foreign currencies?
How is Zakat to be paid on 350 million that was recently gained and has reached the Nisab, knowing that paying 2.5% annually (8.75 million) is considered a large sum that may lead to a loss, especially since the amount is not expected to increase much in the future?
What is the ruling on disposing of a sum of money deposited in a usurious bank unknowingly, given that its origin may involve usury, and its owner cannot be contacted? Is it sufficient to donate from it whatever is easy to give, despite the need for the money? Do charity and zakat purify acquired money that has the suspicion of usury? Is it permissible to buy and sell goods with non-Muslims?
When is Zakat due on real estate and land?
What is the ruling on giving zakat to charitable organizations online, and is it permissible to give it to more than one person or organization?
Is zakat obligatory on a single gold coin of the "George" type given by a mother to her son, and how is its zakat calculated, and does it reach the nisab?
What is considered in evaluating trade goods for the purpose of Zakat in the Shafi'i school: is it the price of the goods at the time of purchase for sale, or at the time of sale at the end of the year, or the market price at the end of the year?
How is zakat calculated and paid on monthly salary savings, knowing that the saved amount from each month's salary does not remain for a full hawl (lunar year)?
Is Zakat obligatory on money for which one has not prayed, and on usurious gains that have been spent on necessities?
Is zakat obligatory on the monthly stipend a student receives from the university, and what must he do regarding past years in which he did not pay zakat?
Is it permissible to give zakat to two brothers who need it to build and expand their homes in their father's house?
Is olive zakat obligatory on its owner if he sells it on its tree and it is a نصاب (nisaab), and should it be in cash or in kind?
How is Zakat on money paid from the mobile phone trade, which relies on credit purchases, achieves small profits, faces difficulties such as price decreases, and bears the burdens of operational expenses?