Zakat Basics and Nisab
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How is the zakat calculated for jewelry that contains stones not made of gold; is it on the total weight or on the weight of the gold only?
Is zakat obligatory on the annual rental amount of 72,000, which is received and spent before the passing of a full year (hawl)?
Are expenses such as transportation, harvesting wages, and selling costs deducted from the zakat on date palms?
Is Zakat obligatory upon a woman who owns gold and silver for adornment, neither of which individually reaches the nisab?
Is zakat obligatory on a wife's gold kept for adornment that is mortgaged for a debt? And is it thereby considered trade goods? If it is obligatory, how is its value estimated for zakat, and is the hawl (one-year period) calculated retroactively from the intention to sell, or from the moment of the mortgage?
How is Zakat to be paid on wealth for which Zakat has not been paid for five years, and what is the Nisab of Zakat?
We have birds at home that we feed and raise; do they require zakat?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding zakat on unmanufactured gold that has been accumulated from salaries, from which only a small amount has been paid?
What is the nisab for Zakat on agricultural produce, does it differ between rain-fed and machine-irrigated cultivation, and what is the obligatory amount to be given from dates and grains?
Is Zakat obligatory on a girl if her bank balance reaches the Nisab, and is it permissible to deposit Zakat funds into her account to help her with her marriage?
Is a gold ingot saved for sale when its price rises considered a trade asset subject to Zakat, and what is the amount of this Zakat?
Is it permissible to give zakat to the woman who raised me like her own son since my birth, and I still live with her to this day?
Is zakat obligatory on grains and fruits from privately owned agricultural lands in Burma, knowing that the government sometimes confiscates them?
Is zakat obligatory on money designated for a charitable project, knowing that it has reached the nisab and a full hawl has passed over it, and that there are fatwas stating that zakat is not obligatory on money designated for such projects?
Is zakat obligatory on worn gold whose value does not exceed 25,000 Saudi Riyals, and if so, how much is its amount?
Is Zakat due on money in the bank that a mother gave to her daughter, given the daughter's need to spend the profits from this money to supplement her small salary and meet her needs?
Is Zakat to be paid in the month of Jumada al-Akhira, which is when the nisab is reached, or in the month of Ramadan as was done previously? And does delaying the payment of Zakat for the past two years necessitate making up for it or estimating the value of Zakat for the months of delay, knowing that Zakat on all wealth was paid in the month of Ramadan?
Is zakat obligatory on the licensed jambiya and pistol?
Is zakat obligatory on saved money that has reached the nisab and on which a full year has passed, knowing that the state takes a percentage of the salary under the name of "salary zakat"?
Is Zakat obligatory despite the uncertainty regarding future earnings and food due to the coronavirus?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of money upon which a Hawl (one year) has not passed, and which has been transferred into a commercial shop? And if so, how is it to be paid?
Is there Zakat on coffee?
Is zakat due on amounts deposited as a refundable security deposit for a school, with the intention of not reclaiming them for four years?
Is it permissible to record the amount of zakat paid as "donations" in the annual tax declaration to avoid paying taxes on it, and does the same ruling apply to sadaqat (charity) and contributions to mosque construction?