Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Does Zakat become obligatory on money you inherited from your father, knowing that your mother used to deal with it through a usurious bank, and are you required to pay Zakat for past years if the money no longer reaches the Sharia-stipulated minimum (nisab) currently?
Is Zakat obligatory on all wealth that has reached the Nisab and on which a Hawl (full lunar year) has passed, or only on the remaining portion, in the event that part of the wealth is in dispute and a judicial ruling has been issued in favor of the adversary but has not yet been enforced?
What is the ruling on zakat for money saved monthly, given the inability to recall when the threshold (nisab) was reached?
Is Zakat obligatory on money remaining after purchasing a residential plot of land, knowing that the total value of the money and the land reaches the Nisab, and that the questioner does not own a private home and lives with his family?
How is the zakat calculated for a water bottling plant that includes machinery, vehicles, storage and bottling equipment, and cooling refrigerators, with existing installments and murabaha on the plant and vehicles, as well as salaries and other expenses?
How is the Zakat calculated for a rabbit farming project intended for sale, knowing that there are expenses for purchasing breeding does, medications, and feed, and that there is a replacement of breeding does during the year?
How does my mother pay Zakat for previous years for the commercial shop for which Zakat was not paid?
How is the Zakat calculated on a sum of money exceeding the Nisab, which has accumulated over two and a half years due to a delayed job promotion? Is Zakat due on it immediately upon receipt, or after a full year has passed?
What is the ruling on paying Zakat for cars designated for rental, and is Zakat calculated on the annual revenue or on the value of the car itself, and what is the ruling on insuring these cars to exempt the renter from liability in the event of accidents?
How is Zakat calculated on goods and assets that grow daily, and how is their hawl (Zakat year) determined?
Is zakat obligatory on a savings account designated for a mentally disabled brother, intended to provide him with a monthly allowance, knowing that his income is not stable?
What is the ruling on the zakat for a sum of seventy thousand dirhams that was spent before its obligatory zakat was paid, due to its owner's ignorance of its obligation, and what is the amount of zakat due on this sum?
Is Zakat obligatory on the two inherited plots of land, which were sold years after the father's death, knowing that no Zakat had been paid on them previously, and no money was available to pay it?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of four thousand dollars for which gold that had already had its zakat paid was sold?
Is zakat obligatory on fruits produced on a farm if they are distributed to relatives and neighbors and not sold in the market?
How is the amount of zakat on sheep for the past eight years calculated, given the husband's ignorance of its obligation and his lack of precise knowledge of their number each year?
Is it permissible to give zakat to someone one is customarily committed to supporting, even if one is not religiously obligated to support them?
How can the monetary nisab be calculated based on the value of 85 grams of gold or 595 grams of silver, while Sheikh Al-Shinqiti considered it usury (riba) to determine the value of 595 grams of silver with paper currency, because the paper riyal originally corresponded to a specific weight of silver, and therefore, the exchange of silver for silver requires equality and immediate possession?
How is Zakat calculated on money paid two years in advance, with uncertainty about the future status of the money?
Is zakat obligatory on the remaining amount of money allocated for buying a car after purchasing it for less than the allocated amount, and how is its zakat calculated?
When is a machine zakatable and when is it not? Is a shop considered a machine? Is it permissible to lease it for a percentage?
What is the amount of zakat due on a shareholding company operating in the field of agricultural production of strawberry and pepper crops, after determining the net profit at the end of the year?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of one thousand dinars, and what is the Zakat nisab in Libyan Dinars?
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