Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is zakat obligatory on hidden gold intended for adornment, the time for its use not yet having arrived?
Is zakat obligatory on the investment sum that was paid to a contracting company that went bankrupt and delayed the handover of the apartments, and on the amount of the check that the investor was unable to cash due to the bankruptcy?
Is zakat obligatory on a stock portfolio after one Hawl has passed, even though the employee's balance is only 600 Riyals after paying bank installments, and he has debts totaling 360,000 Riyals?
Would a man accept a gift if it was from zakat that he himself had paid?
Is zakat obligatory on the seller of crops that have not fully grown and were sold as fodder, or on the buyer who found among them a portion of crops suitable for harvest and reaching the نصاب (minimum threshold)?
Is zakat due on a plot of land whose value is paid in installments, and when is this zakat calculated: after all installments are paid, or after the first installment, or by calculating a year for each installment? And is zakat due on the full sale price of the land including its profit, or only on the original purchase price?
Is it permissible to delay paying Zakat on money until Ramadan, out of desire to multiply the reward, knowing that the time it becomes due is before Ramadan?
Is it permissible for a mother to pay the Zakat on her daughter's wealth from her own money to increase her daughter's capital, knowing that the daughter is an orphan and her wealth has reached the Nisab and a Hawl (a year) has passed on it?
Is it permissible to pay the zakat on one's salary on its former due date, or on the date it was paid last year?
How is Zakat paid on money invested in pure stocks through Al Rajhi Trading, while having a monthly installment debt, and does debt exempt the debtor from Zakat?
Must I follow the Administration of Muslims of Uzbekistan in determining the Zakat nisab as $2700, or should I calculate my Zakat based on the value of 85 grams of pure gold, which is $5100?
Is the beginning of the Zakat year calculated from Muharram 1433 AH when the total wealth and nisab were reached, or from Rajab 1435 AH upon receiving the debt, and what is obligatory to do regarding the future date for disbursing Zakat?
Is it permissible to give a camel as zakat for camels if the نصاب (minimum amount on which zakat is due) reaches five, instead of a sheep?
Is zakat obligatory on camels prepared for racing, knowing that they are fed and not free-grazing, but they are expensive?
How is the value of property designated for rent zakatable, and is zakat due on the value of the property itself or only on the rent, and when is the zakat to be disbursed, upon receipt of the rent or after the passing of a full year (hawl)?
Do real estate properties prepared for rent necessitate Zakat?
What is the ruling on Zakat for gold gifted to a wife, knowing that Zakat was not paid on it for more than twenty years before it came into her possession?
Is it sufficient to determine the total annual amount of zakat for past years based on what is most likely, along with specifying the month in which the money reached the nisab in the first year to calculate the hawl (one lunar year) for subsequent years, given the difficulty in determining the amount for each month separately?
Is zakat obligatory on two gold bracelets for adornment, with a weight not exceeding 5 grams, and on four gold pounds kept for a friend for a time of need?
Is Zakat obligatory on taxi cabs or on the vehicles of transportation and freight companies?
How much zakat is due on an Islamic financing amount, most of which was lost in trade, with a portion remaining as a debt owed by another person, in addition to another amount that was borrowed and used to purchase heavy equipment for the purpose of sale, which has not yet been sold after a year?
What is the zakat on grains and fruits, and what is the minimum taxable amount (nisab)?
How much zakat is due on a saved amount of 56,000 dirhams, knowing that 26,000 dirhams of it were borrowed to meet a need and a large portion of it has been repaid? And is zakat due on a gold necklace that has not been owned for a full year, and was bought with a dowry of 10,000 dirhams plus an additional 2,000 dirhams?
What is the Sharia ruling regarding money left by the father to his daughter in her name, excluding the rest of the heirs, and is it a division of inheritance or a gift, knowing that the money was in the Egyptian Post Office and had usurious interest, and the daughter received it while she was a minor, and later transferred it to another bank, and did not pay zakat on it? And what is the ruling on the paternal aunt selling items belonging to the father and giving them to a half-brother, in addition to a sum of money left by the father for his other daughter?