Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is Zakat obligatory on two apartments that were purchased in installments and have not yet been fully paid for, knowing that the first apartment can be relinquished in exchange for a percentage of what has been paid, and the second is still under construction and cannot be disposed of? And is the Zakat on the value paid or on the current value? And is there any problem in delaying the payment of Zakat after the due date (hawl) for the purpose of seeking out those who are deserving?
Is Zakat due on printing press equipment and its products, or on the products only?
How is Zakat calculated on money deposited in an Islamic bank, and is it due on the principal amount or on the principal amount with the profits? Is it obligatory to pay it when one is in need of money to buy an apartment, and is it better to pay it in advance or delay it? Is it permissible to give a portion of it to someone who washes cars or to a relative to fix his car, and what is the obligatory percentage for Zakat?
Is the amount received from a university grant, without it being claimed, considered a discharge of one's obligation towards Allah and fulfillment of the commitment to the Ministry? And is Zakat due on it, or should one await the state's claim for it? And is it permissible to use it in a project that involves an interest-based loan?
How is Zakat calculated for past years in which it was incorrectly paid, given currency fluctuations and the difficulty of determining the year in which the Nisab was reached and the value of the Nisab for gold in those years?
Is the tax owed to the state to be counted from the Zakat, or is the Zakat to be paid on the full amount, including the tax?
Is it permissible to pay the zakat on gold jewelry based on the silver nisab?
Is zakat due on funds invested in murabaha companies based on the principal amount paid or on the annual profits, and what is the percentage of zakat that must be paid?
Is zakat obligatory on a taxi from which its owner receives no daily income due to its numerous problems and accidents?
Should a person's shares in different olive groves be combined to estimate Zakat, or should each grove be treated separately?
How is zakat calculated on saved money and earned money? Is it obligatory only on the annual increase? And what about the zakat of past years that I was unaware of?
Is it preferable to pay Zakat in one lump sum to a single person or to several people?
What must be done concerning the 200 dinars that the parents gifted to the questioner when opening the account, which he was unable to return to them, so that the zakat is valid when a year has passed over the account?
Will a full year be counted for money acquired three months after Ramadan of last year, and will its zakat be due for one year or two years in the coming Ramadan?
Is the owner of the crops obligated to pay Zakat on the surplus if what is due from him is more than what the Zakat Collection Committee estimated?
Is zakat obligatory on a building prepared for sale and marketing in stages, with the intention of building another building from its price?
How can a young man determine the due date for paying the zakat on his savings in the bank, knowing that he is accustomed to paying it in Ramadan, that he sometimes withdraws from it, and that he cannot accurately determine the beginning of the hawl (zakat year)?
How is the Zakat calculated on money that my mother deposited in an Islamic bank, upon which a year has passed, knowing that this money increased and decreased?
Is zakat obligatory on the entire amount saved for a disabled child, or only on the amount saved during the year?
Is zakat obligatory on gold mortgaged against a loan?
Are the funds of minor children invested in stocks pooled for the purpose of Zakat, or is the wealth of each individual purified separately, given that not pooling them prevents reaching the threshold (nisab)?
Is Zakat obligatory on housing allowance entitlements that were disbursed five years after returning from the scholarship, and is Zakat due for six years or for one year?
Is zakat obligatory on money deposited monthly with a brother for the purpose of buying a house from him, and how is it calculated if it is obligatory?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of (630,000) Algerian Dinars received after a delay in salary, given that the Zakat threshold (nisab) is (400,000) Algerian Dinars? And what is the amount that must be given?