Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is Zakat obligatory on money saved for furnishing the marital home?
Is it permissible to take from Zakat after one's financial situation deteriorates, or is it obligatory to sell land to cover expenses?
Is it permissible to pay off the debt of a legal guardian from the Zakat funds of the orphans under his care, given that his monthly salary makes him independent of Zakat?
Is it permissible for a father to take money gifted to his two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, knowing that he cannot invest it and does not want zakat to consume it, and is there a specific age at which he must stop taking it?
What is the recognized nisab (minimum amount) for saved money that has reached the nisab for zakat, then increased and fluctuated? And is zakat due on the final amount, or on the amount that completed the hawl (one lunar year)?
What is the ruling on zakat for money paid to own an apartment in installments after a year has passed?
Must the difference in the zakat amount be paid if it was sent early in a different currency and the exchange rate changed by the zakat due date?
How is Zakat on wealth paid, knowing that the sole source of money is the monthly salary, which is entirely spent on family and dependents?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money that has been invested in the construction of a residential building, and is zakat obligatory on this building when it is sold?
Is Zakat obligatory on an amount of (40) thousand Riyals that has been held for a full year, if more than (60) thousand Riyals was spent from it on a surgical operation, and does the sin of not paying Zakat fall due to the lack of money?
Is zakat obligatory on plots of land designated for commercial construction (apartments) for which the construction process will take three years, knowing that one of them is offered for sale, and is zakat obligatory upon the sale of each apartment?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved to pay the housing rent due two months after the zakat due date?
Is zakat obligatory on the value of a bank guarantee letter issued by the bank from the zakat payer's account in the form of certificates, from which he receives monthly profits?
Is zakat on trade goods obligatory for mobile applications and computer programs, and what is obligatory for them if zakat on trade goods is not obligatory?
Is Zakat obligatory on gold jewelry for girls if it weighs approximately 40 grams for each one?
Is Zakat obligatory for the wife on her share of an apartment she inherited that is rented out, knowing that she does not work and the apartment's rent goes to her mother?
What is the method for calculating zakat on two plots of land inherited by a woman, one designated for construction and the other for agriculture, and how is zakat calculated after their sale, and what zakat obligations fall upon the children if the mother gifts them the sale proceeds?
Is zakat obligatory on money inherited by the father, which he was unable to access for years, and is it permissible to pay the zakat on this money for a year and a half, desiring that the zakat be in Ramadan?
Is Zakat obligatory on profits from manufacturing custom-ordered furniture if savings do not reach the nisab at the end of the Hawl, and how is it calculated?
Is zakat obligatory on date palm fruits that reach the nisab, and what is the amount of the nisab? Does gifting and eating them suffice for zakat? What is the amount of zakat if it is obligatory? Is zakat obligatory on palm tree offshoots that are sold or planted with the intention of selling them?
What is the jurisprudential ruling on how to calculate and pay Zakat for past years, taking into account the difference in place of residence (Saudi Arabia and Egypt) and the fluctuations in gold and currency prices between the two countries, and is it permissible to consider the Nisab based on the price of 21-karat gold?
Is zakat obligatory on the sum of 190,000 pounds that was invested in a rental apartment, and is it obligatory on the principal amount or on the principal and profit combined?
Is zakat obligatory on leased properties from which no income is generated, or on unleased properties, given the current circumstances?
How is the Zakat calculated for a plot of land that was sold six days before its hawl (Zakat year) was due, and its price was received? Is the Zakat on the money immediately obligatory, or after a full hawl has passed on the money?