Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is zakat obligatory on a house purchased through a bank in installments, and if so, how much zakat must be paid monthly?
What is the explanation of the issue: "The increase of the zakatable amount (nisab) from offspring and profit, their hawl (one-year period for zakat) follows the hawl of their origin," as stated in the jurisprudence of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal?
How is zakat calculated on foreign currency held for one year if its market price has fallen below its purchase price?
Is zakat due annually on a shop and the merchandise that may remain for a year, or is only sadaqah sufficient? What is the jurisprudential rule for paying zakat on this type of trade, and what are the useful books in this field?
How can one pay Zakat for past years in which it was not paid, and is it permissible to deduct the Zakat of one year from the amount designated for the following year?
Do the proceeds from a truck sold fifteen days before the zakat due date count as zakatable wealth, knowing that it was designated for transporting the owner's goods and that he possesses other wealth reaching the zakat threshold?
Is zakat obligatory on newborn sheep that have not completed a year, especially if they do not graze and are fed at high cost, and are these sheep counted towards the nisab if it is not met without them?
How is the zakat on shares for a commercial and real estate company, with a contract duration of two years, to be paid if the contract stipulates that the shareholder is responsible for paying the zakat?
Is the mother obligated to pay zakat on her sheep, jointly owned with her brother, after two years have passed? Is it permissible to pay the value of the zakat in cash instead of sheep? Is she obligated to pay zakat on behalf of her son if he refuses to pay his own zakat?
How do I pay zakat on my money that has reached the nisab and on which a year has passed in Iraq, and my other money that has reached the nisab but on which a year has not yet passed in Yemen?
What is the ruling on participating in an end-of-service bonus and group insurance scheme in which the company relies on a deposit invested in investment funds with a variable return, and the employee pays 3% of their salary while the company pays 17% to increase the deposit, bearing in mind that the employee recovers the principal amount and profits upon termination of service, and an amount equivalent to 36 months of their last salary is added in the event of death? And what is the ruling on zakat for the money in this deposit?
Is Zakat obligatory for partners in a palm grove whose yield exceeds the nisab, knowing that the share of each individual does not reach the nisab?
How much is the zakat on saved money?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to ascendants and descendants, especially the males among them?
Are there narrations concerning the giving of zakat from agricultural products or crops for which the passing of a year (hawlan al-hawl) is not a condition?
Is zakat obligatory on cotton that is grown and sold for cash, then added to one's wealth, and is it zakat on money or 'ushr?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved by a father for his two children, which reaches the nisab and on which a hawl has passed, but which is constantly decreasing due to spending on them and its lack of growth or investment?
How is Zakat calculated for commercial and industrial companies?
What is the ruling on Zakat in a trading or contracting company if one of the partners refuses to pay it? Is it obligatory for the remaining partners to pay Zakat for the entire company, or for their individual shares which may not reach the minimum threshold (Nisab)? Is it permissible to compel the refusing partner or to pay the Zakat without his knowledge?
Is zakat obligatory upon a debtor or upon one who receives financial aid from his family, yet possesses the zakat threshold in the bank as a precaution for need?
Do the fixed daily expenses that a young married man spends on his home and his parents' home, in addition to paying other bills, count as Zakat for him, knowing that he does not pay Zakat because his wealth has not reached the Hawl (one lunar year)?
Is zakat obligatory upon a merchant who owns a shop and capital, but suffers from increasing financial deficit that prevents him from covering his expenses, and what is the ruling on evading unjust taxes imposed by the state?
Is buying two gold sets for two boys (aged 15 and 12) with the intention of gifting them to their future wives (from the dowry) considered a sin, and is Zakat obligatory on this jewelry? And does a woman's jewelry and ornaments become part of the inheritance after her husband's death?
Is it permissible for a mother to distribute the saved money, which a hawl (full lunar year) has passed over, among her daughters only, and is zakat obligatory on it after its distribution, if that is permissible?