Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is Zakat obligatory on money inherited by the children and wife, knowing that the share of each individual does not reach the Nisab on its own, while their total share does reach it, and the money has not been purified by Zakat before, and there is doubt about its lawfulness, and it is located in another country and is being spent in installments?
Is Zakat obligatory on both parties (the lender and the borrower) for the amount of a debt, knowing that it was spent immediately and a hawl (full lunar year) did not pass on it for either party, and if it is obligatory, for how many years is Zakat calculated?
What is the ruling on zakat for company shares, and what is its amount?
What is the ruling on leasing agricultural land for a fixed amount paid annually to the lessor, regardless of the lessee's profit or loss, and how does the lessee pay zakat on the harvest: on the full amount or after deducting the lease payment?
Is zakat due on commercial goods that their owner acquired as a debt for one year?
How is the Zakat calculated for two sums of money, knowing that the first sum has had a full year pass over it, and the second was added a short while later?
How can one dispose of utensils and tableware made of or plated with gold and silver? Is it permissible to sell them, or is Zakat obligatory on them?
How is zakat paid on saved money that has reached the nisab and on which a full year has passed, but it has commingled with other money, and the zakatable amount cannot be precisely determined?
How is Zakat calculated on money and land in the case of a partnership in an investment land that has not yet reached its Hawl (one year of possession), with a debt owed by the partner, and liquid assets that have reached their Hawl?
Is zakat obligatory on the principal amount deposited in an Islamic bank, or only on the monthly profits generated from it, knowing that these profits are the primary source for covering living expenses and the principal amount has completed its hawl (one lunar year)?
Is Zakat due on the original amount saved or on the remainder after expenditure, and are the profits from the invested amount included in Zakat?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to a person of unknown means who claims poverty and need due to health and financial circumstances?
What is the zakat-liable threshold (nisab) for gold, and is the commonly circulated information correct that the nisab for gold is 85 grams of 24-karat, or 97.14 grams of 21-karat, or 113.33 grams of 18-karat?
Is it permissible to take zakat from a government employee's salary?
Is Zakat due on the price of an apartment sold in installments, when these installments were spent on the family before a year passed or the amount reached the nisab?
How is the Zakat on trade calculated for two ready-made clothing stores, knowing that the capital fluctuates with increase and decrease, and the value of the goods may decrease? Also, is it permissible to give Zakat from the goods, or must it be in cash?
How can a woman calculate the Zakat on the 18 and 21-carat gold she owns, which has reached the nisab, especially since it contains stones whose weight she does not know, and given that she cannot take out the gold to weigh it due to home quarantine? And how can she pay the Zakat when she does not have a monthly salary but rather a personal allowance from her husband, knowing that a year and a half or more has passed and she has not paid Zakat on it due to her ignorance of the ruling?
Does zakat become obligatory on commercial land purchased for the purpose of trade, if its price is falling and that has resulted in a loss?
Is it permissible to give Zakat on behalf of another person from the giver's own money? And is it permissible to estimate different currencies in local currency at the time of giving Zakat to determine if the minimum threshold (nisab) has been reached, and then to give the Zakat in local currency?
Am I obligated to pay Zakat on my wealth for last year, knowing that I did not pay it due to my need for the money for marriage expenses? And is it permissible for me to count the amount I pay monthly to my deceased brother's children as part of my Zakat?
How is zakat paid on money generated from variable-yield investment certificates from an Islamic bank, knowing that the principal amount exceeds the nisab and the yield is used to cover the family's monthly living expenses?
How much zakat is due from the owner of an investment deposit in an Islamic bank, whose profits reached 5% after one year?
Is zakat obligatory on an inheritance of unknown value that has been held for ten years and is difficult to claim, and is it valid for the mother to say that it is not subject to zakat because it is used for household expenses and does not complete a full year (hawl)?
Is Zakat obligatory on merchandise that has been stagnant for three years, while its owner owes his partner debts equal to or exceeding the value of this merchandise?