Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is zakat obligatory on a meager income from teaching, rented room income, a non-interest-bearing dollar bank account, the capital of financial sukuk that generate small monthly profits, and the savings balance in the bank account?
Is it obligatory to pay Zakat on wealth only for the amount that has completed a full year (hawl), or for all that has been saved during the year?
Is zakat obligatory on money that a person lends to his brothers and acquaintances, even if he is not certain of its return to him?
Is zakat obligatory on the creditor for the money he lent to his brother for 19 years, and how is it calculated?
Is Zakat obligatory on money that has been held for a full year if its owner has a debt equal to or exceeding the existing money?
Is Zakat due on money borrowed to establish a contracting company after profits appear, and is Zakat on the capital or on the profits, and is it before or after settling the debt?
What is the ruling on participating in monthly lottery societies, and is Zakat obligatory on the amount received?
How is Zakat calculated on joint spousal wealth that exceeds the Nisab and fluctuates while remaining above the Nisab? Is it permissible to pay Zakat on the lowest amount available in the account throughout the year?
What are the rulings regarding the zakat on olives, including how it is calculated after deducting labor costs and the oil press's share, and is it paid from the olives themselves, the oil, or its monetary value, and how is the zakat for owners of oil presses, and are oil presses allowed to take a "commission" without charge?
Is the landowner required to pay zakat on the 10% received from agricultural produce, or is the full zakat due from the farmer on his share?
Is zakat due on the full amount of 300,000, or on 100,000 after deducting a debt of 200,000, knowing that the debt will be paid within a month from a salary that is paid in installments over a year?
Is it obligatory for the mother to return from the money of the disability grant what she took for herself, even if she does not remember the amount, after she had spent the greater part of it on the needs of the disabled person whom she received and cared for?
What is the amount of zakat due on leased land measuring 20 dunams (10 barley and 10 wheat), given that the barley has been guaranteed for 2 million, and the land is irrigated by workers, and is the debt incurred from leasing it to be deducted from the zakat?
Is zakat obligatory on corn that was ground green as fodder for livestock, knowing that it was irrigated with well water?
Is zakat obligatory on fig fruit?
What should we do with the money that comes to us as zakat for my mentally disabled brother, who is not in need and whose wealth reaches the nisab? Is it permissible for us to dispose of it and give it to those who are deserving?
What is the ruling on giving the agricultural crop to a person to harvest it, on the condition that the crop be divided between them by mutual agreement, and upon whom is the zakat of the crop due in this case?
Should I wait until I have enough money to pay Zakat after a year has passed on merchandise that reached the Nisab, or should I borrow money to pay it?
Is Zakat obligatory on multiplying shares that an employee does not have the right to dispose of until after five years, and what is the Nisab for Zakat on shares, and how is Zakat calculated on them with the presence of taxes and national insurance? Is it permissible to delay paying Zakat due to insufficient funds, and upon whom does the responsibility of paying Zakat fall if the shares are jointly owned?
Is Zakat obligatory on the money collected for the sister from selling the share of the mother and siblings from their deceased father's land, which has reached the Nisab and a complete year has passed over it, with the intention of helping her get married, knowing that the sister has reached the age of maturity? And what should be done if Zakat was obligatory for the past year?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a student of Islamic knowledge to cover his expenses and purchase his books?
How does Zakat become obligatory for a man whose wealth is insufficient to provide for his family (ascendants or descendants), knowing that this might mean he does not possess the nisab, and thus Zakat would not be obligatory for him?
Is zakat obligatory on camels prepared for trade if they do not reach five [in number] and a hawl (year) has passed over them?
If a woman exchanged her gold that reached the Nisab for other gold during the hawl (the lunar year), does she begin a new hawl for the second gold she purchased?