Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is zakat obligatory on honey, and what is its nisab (threshold) and amount in modern measurements if it is obligatory? Is it permissible to give it to a person of moderate means who cannot afford to buy honey? Is it permissible to pay a portion of it in cash?
How should a Muslim act who possesses wealth on which zakat is due, but this wealth decreases due to his lack of experience in trade, knowing that Islam has forbidden bank interest and zakat develops wealth?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money that has reached the nisab, but was paid to reserve a car that has not yet been received, and this was several months before the nisab was due?
Is zakat obligatory on money invested in trade or projects susceptible to profit or loss?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of one million two hundred thousand allocated for retirement salaries for five years, from which monthly disbursements are made?
Does zakat on money become waived if procedures for purchasing a plot of land begin before the hawl (one year) is due, with the possibility of these procedures continuing beyond the hawl's due date, and what are the implications of this, such as the money being considered like a debt after the initiation of the purchase process?
What is the amount of Zakat accumulated on a deposit of EGP 100,000, with a 4% profit rate, for which Zakat has not been paid for three years?
Is Zakat obligatory on a house we inherited from our father and have been renting out for 25 years, and if so, how much is it? Also, should the inheritance of our sisters be calculated based on the land's price at the time of death or its current price?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of money deposited in an Islamic bank, the profits of which are used to cover part of the housing rent, with additional assistance from the mother to cover the remaining expenses, knowing that this sum is insufficient to purchase an apartment and that the questioner is divorced and supports her children?
Is zakat obligatory on a plot of land that was purchased with the intention of preserving wealth, not for trade, and was zakat obligatory on the inheritance during the ten years before its distribution?
What is the zakat payable on money in the case of having a rented apartment, and an amount in the bank exceeding the nisab, along with monthly installments equal to the value of the amount?
Is it obligatory to distribute Zakat funds equally among its eight categories of recipients?
Is zakat obligatory on a wife's gifted gold, kept with her father, from which she occasionally chooses what to wear, and upon whom is it obligatory: upon the husband or upon her?
Is Zakat obligatory on a car purchased in installments for the purpose of renting it out?
Does zakat become obligatory upon a man who owns a restaurant encumbered by debt, has an amount for working capital, three uninhabitable houses, and pays installments for his daughters' education and housing?
Is it obligatory to inform someone who believes that the nisab of gold is what is considered for zakat that the nisab of silver is what is considered, or is there a difference of opinion on the matter, such that I am not obliged to inform him?
Is zakat due on any of the aforementioned apartments whose payments have not yet been completed, and when does zakat become due on them, or is it only due on the rental value? And is zakat due on an apartment if its rental is stopped and it is put up for sale, and what is the mechanism for zakat in this case?
Is it permissible for an unmarried girl who is financially capable to pay off her father's accumulated debts with her Zakat money, knowing that she does not have a fixed income, spends on herself, and her family does not support her? And is she obligated to spend on her well-off family members who are extravagant in their spending?
How do I pay zakat on my money deposited in an investment certificate, knowing that its returns are not enough for my large family, and I have no other source of income?
Is zakat on money calculated only from the profit of land trading, or from the principal and its profit together?
What is the amount of savings that is subject to Zakat, upon which a year has passed, given the existence of a loan for a social housing apartment?
Is it permissible to pay 2.5% on the total profit and capital in commercial investments, after I used to pay 10% of the profit considering it as Zakat on crops and fruits? And what is the ruling on what I paid previously?
How is the value of gold zakat calculated when the price fluctuates during the hawl, knowing that the zakat payer pays his zakat at the beginning of Ramadan and calculates the value of gold according to its price at the time zakat becomes due?
Does Zakat become obligatory on the current amount when Zakat is remembered, or on the amount that existed on the date Zakat became due?