Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money that has been held for a year, knowing that it is awaiting use in a new project, and is it permissible to give zakat to siblings who have good salaries but perform household chores?
What is the ruling on the Zakat of money that has been invested but neither its principal nor its profit has been received, and is Zakat obligatory on it for past and future years?
How is the Nisab determined for expensive agricultural crops whose value exceeds that of crops in the Prophetic era by more than tenfold, and can Zakat be paid for every fifty kilograms based on value, despite this contradicting the Prophetic text, "There is no Zakat on less than five Wasqs"?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved in an auditing office after a year has passed?
Is zakat due on an inherited sum of money if its zakat has not been paid previously, and how is it calculated if the duration of its possession is unknown, and is it permissible to give it to the sick husband of one's sister if the sister has already received her share of the inheritance?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of money deposited for a minor daughter in an Islamic bank, given that a [hawl] year has passed over it, and knowing that the principal amount is decreasing?
Is zakat due on the value that has been in possession for a year, or on the current value?
Is Zakat obligatory upon a man who possesses 200,0 dirhams, upon which a Hawl (one lunar year) has not yet passed?
Is zakat obligatory on money acquired from Sharia-compliant stocks and designated for marriage and its necessities?
Is it permissible for me to take from the Zakat of my father, from whom I borrowed money that has reached its hawl (one year) and nisab (threshold), especially given my poverty and my being a student of Islamic knowledge, and considering that I did not succeed in the purpose for which I borrowed the money?
How is zakat paid when it is delayed for three months? And is the hawl (one year period) for the coming year calculated from the date of reaching the nisab (minimum amount subject to zakat) or from the date of paying the zakat?
Should we pay zakat on gold?
Is zakat obligatory on the remaining half of a loan that has not yet been repaid, knowing that the entire loan is invested and being repaid in monthly installments?
Must zakat be paid on gold and diamonds inherited now, or can one wait until a personal income is available, and is zakat obligatory on silver, and what is its amount?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved for marriage if a year has not passed on it?
Could you provide me with a copy of the fatwa from Al-Azhar Al-Sharif concerning dealings with banks?
How is the zakat on money calculated in dollars if part of the hawl (one year) coincided with an old exchange rate for the pound (31 EGP), and the remaining part with a new exchange rate (50 EGP), and is it to be given based on the new dollar rate that was floated five days before the zakat is due?
How is the value of the zakat nisab for worn gold that has been owned for a full year calculated, given the differing gold prices depending on the importing country, and is the purchase price or the selling price considered in the calculation?
Is the money that has reached the nisab and upon which a year has passed the only amount calculated when giving zakat, or are the monthly saved amounts added to it?
What is the ruling on Zakat for a date harvest, two-thirds of which were damaged by heat and lack of water, to the point that they became dry and shriveled (hashaf), suitable only as animal feed and sold for a low price, while the remaining one-third is good but does not reach the Zakat threshold on its own, knowing that the rest of the harvest does reach the Zakat threshold?
Is zakat obligatory on two plots of land whose owner intends to sell them when their value increases, or to sell one of them and develop the other with its price? And what is the amount of zakat due on them in this case?
What is the amount on which zakat is due after it has been deposited in land and gold investments, and is the deposited amount subject to zakat, given that profits will not appear until two years for land and eight months for gold?
Is Zakat obligatory on money from the sale of a house, if a year has passed on it before another house is purchased with it?
How is the zakat of a monthly salary paid if it reaches the nisab every two consecutive months and a hawl (lunar year) has passed over it, and is zakat obligatory on the amount for which zakat was paid last year and over which a hawl has passed again?