Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Must the zakat be paid on gold that the deceased mother did not pay zakat on, knowing that it was sometimes used for adornment and had reached the nisab?
Can I take my mother's zakat al-mal, given that she suffers from Alzheimer's, to pay off her debt to me, by expediting the debt payment?
Is Zakat calculated on cash, commercial properties, and trade, each separately, or are they combined to reach the Zakat Nisab?
How is Zakat imposed on a merchant?
Will the deceased father's and the inheriting son's liability for zakat on gold bars be absolved if the son sells them and gives their value with the intention of general zakat, given that it is unknown whether the father paid their zakat in the last years of his life, and knowing that the bars remained with the father for 45 years and exceeded the nisab?
Is Zakat on wealth obligatory for borrowed money used in trade, or on its profits?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of three thousand dinars deposited in the bank, which is an interest-free loan for the purpose of paying for a house?
What is the ruling on zakat if the money reaches the nisab and a year passes, then it increases or decreases?
Is Zakat obligatory on an unstable daily wage, and is it permissible to give it to one's parents?
Is Zakat obligatory upon a 16-year-old girl who has wealth that has reached its hawl (one lunar year)?
Is zakat due on a sum of money paid to purchase a car, with the possibility of not receiving it and having the amount refunded?
Is zakat obligatory on money deposited in a bank and a savings account, which belongs to my brother and not to me, and is zakat obligatory on their profits after a full year has passed?
Is zakat due on an apartment inhabited by the owner and his family, or an apartment he bought to move into and needs finishing, or an apartment designated for summer vacation?
Is zakat obligatory on a monthly salary of 4,746 UAE dirhams, with clarification on how to calculate it for salary and savings, especially given the presence of debts and obligations?
Is Zakat on money due on a savings account for which my father did not pay Zakat in previous years when he was depositing into it, knowing that the account is in my name?
Is Zakat obligatory on a delayed salary – one that exceeds the nisab and is guaranteed to be received – upon the passing of a hawl (lunar year) from the time of its receipt or from the time it was due? And is it obligatory to compensate for the currency difference if the due date has passed and the foreign currency was of higher value at that time? And is one sinful for delaying the disbursement of Zakat after setting it aside in order to search for eligible recipients?
How is zakat handled for a sum of money to which another sum was added before a full year (hawl) passed on the second sum, with both being in the same bank account?
Is zakat obligatory on barren land that cannot be cultivated or built upon, or sold as buildings due to military laws that prohibit construction on barren lands adjacent to agricultural lands?
Is it permissible to give the remaining part of the Zakat, which has not been due for a full year (hawl) and has not been disposed of, to the Al-Aqsa Mosque Reconstruction Committee, knowing that the villagers own the nisab?
Is zakat obligatory on a loan taken to purchase an apartment, when a year has passed before the apartment's value was paid?
Is zakat obligatory on an emergency savings fund, knowing that it does not grow but rather decreases due to need?
Is zakat obligatory on two plots of land, one of which is shared and the other private, with no specific intention for either of them? If it is obligatory, is it sufficient for one person to pay the zakat, or is it incumbent upon all partners to participate? What is the amount of zakat due, knowing that the value of the first plot is 105,000 Saudi Riyals and the second is 120,000 Saudi Riyals, and that the land is outside the Kingdom?
How much zakat is obligatory to pay on £8,000 that has been held for a full year (hawl)?
Is a woman exempt from paying zakat on the remaining quarter of her money after three-quarters of it were stolen?