Zakat Basics and Nisab

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Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money collected from a "jam'iyyah" (cooperative society) two months before the completion of the hawl (one lunar year), while seven installments have not yet been paid? And are the remaining installments after the completion of the hawl considered debts to be deducted from the zakatable amount?
If the zakat payer does not pay the zakat on his wealth that reached the نصاب (minimum amount on which zakat is due) in the first hawl (zakat year), and then invests it and it increases in the second hawl, does the poor person deserve a share of the profit from the invested wealth according to his share of the zakat, based on the opinion that zakat relates to the عين المال (the very substance/identity of the wealth)?
Is Zakat obligatory on 100 Kuwaiti Dinars? And how can the Zakat due date be determined by the Hijri calendar if it was previously paid by the Gregorian calendar? Is it permissible to fix the annual Zakat due date in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal?
What is the amount of zakat due upon my friend who owns a property that he leases annually for 15,000 riyals, a plot of land valued at 16,000 riyals, has a bank debt of 30,000 riyals, and whose salary is no less than 100,000 riyals but he does not save?
Is zakat obligatory on money collected in a charity box, and if so, is it 2.5% of the money for each year, with the remainder given as charity?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a person without being certain of their eligibility for it?
What is the standard purity of silver to be considered in calculating the Nisab, if gold is calculated based on 24-karat purity?
Is the remaining zakat money after my aunt's death considered an inheritance?
What is incumbent upon the questioner who paid zakat only on the money in his account for three or four years, instead of including all his money, including that in the market, knowing that he does not precisely remember the amount of money in each year due to the absence of an accounting ledger?
Is zakat obligatory on gold that is not prepared for trade and does not reach the minimum threshold (nisab)?
Is zakat due on the returns only, or on the principal and the returns together?
Is it permissible to give zakat to one's brother to help him with the expenses of a newborn, if his income is limited and he lives with his father who will cover the necessities, with the aim of alleviating the burden on the father?
Is it permissible to pay the Zakat on money saved in an Islamic bank in advance during the year, for example, when profits are received, and is Zakat obligatory only on the principal, or does it include the profits as well?
Is zakat obligatory on money paid for a real estate project to own a home, or is it considered a debt that must be repaid, and thus zakat is not obligatory on it?
Is zakat obligatory on the entire quantity of gold, or on what exceeds the nisab, if the saved quantity of gold exceeds the nisab?
Is Zakat obligatory on the apostate's wealth, knowing that he possesses ample funds and works in trade?
Is it permissible to convert an amount of Saudi Riyals that reaches the Nisab into US Dollars before the Zakat due date to benefit from a better Dollar exchange rate, and does this conversion affect the Hawl (Zakat year) or the method of calculating Zakat if the funds are a mixture of different currencies?
Is Zakat obligatory on inherited wealth amounting to 4000 Euros, and how much would it be?
Is Zakat to be paid on only $10,000 if an additional $5,000 was not possessed at the start of the Hawl (lunar year), or on the full $15,000?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to a person as part of Zakat funds, when he intended to use them to buy land, then faced financial difficulties and was unable to pay his debts, knowing that he has regained his ability to meet his basic needs?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat on wealth if it reaches the nisab, and the owner is unmarried and unemployed?
Is Zakat obligatory on money donated by a relative to my son to complete his studies, given that this money has reached the Nisab and a Hawl has passed over it? And is it permissible for me to take from this money if I am eligible for Zakat?
Is zakat obligatory on the workers' share of the olive harvest, or is it sufficient to give it only on the owner's share after pressing?
Is zakat obligatory on green wheat that is sold as "fereek," and who is responsible for paying it: the farmer or the merchant?

Zakat Basics and Nisab

Is Zakat obligatory on 100 Kuwaiti Dinars? And how can the Zakat due date be determined by the Hijri calendar if it was previously paid by the Gregorian calendar? Is it permissible to fix the annual Zakat due date in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal?

What is the amount of zakat due upon my friend who owns a property that he leases annually for 15,000 riyals, a plot of land valued at 16,000 riyals, has a bank debt of 30,000 riyals, and whose salary is no less than 100,000 riyals but he does not save?

Is zakat obligatory on money collected in a charity box, and if so, is it 2.5% of the money for each year, with the remainder given as charity?

Is it permissible to give zakat to a person without being certain of their eligibility for it?

What is the standard purity of silver to be considered in calculating the Nisab, if gold is calculated based on 24-karat purity?

Is the remaining zakat money after my aunt's death considered an inheritance?

What is incumbent upon the questioner who paid zakat only on the money in his account for three or four years, instead of including all his money, including that in the market, knowing that he does not precisely remember the amount of money in each year due to the absence of an accounting ledger?

Is zakat obligatory on gold that is not prepared for trade and does not reach the minimum threshold (nisab)?

Is zakat due on the returns only, or on the principal and the returns together?

Is it permissible to give zakat to one's brother to help him with the expenses of a newborn, if his income is limited and he lives with his father who will cover the necessities, with the aim of alleviating the burden on the father?

Is it permissible to pay the Zakat on money saved in an Islamic bank in advance during the year, for example, when profits are received, and is Zakat obligatory only on the principal, or does it include the profits as well?

Is zakat obligatory on money paid for a real estate project to own a home, or is it considered a debt that must be repaid, and thus zakat is not obligatory on it?

Is zakat obligatory on the entire quantity of gold, or on what exceeds the nisab, if the saved quantity of gold exceeds the nisab?

Is Zakat obligatory on the apostate's wealth, knowing that he possesses ample funds and works in trade?

Is Zakat obligatory on inherited wealth amounting to 4000 Euros, and how much would it be?

Is Zakat to be paid on only $10,000 if an additional $5,000 was not possessed at the start of the Hawl (lunar year), or on the full $15,000?

Is it permissible to give Zakat to a person as part of Zakat funds, when he intended to use them to buy land, then faced financial difficulties and was unable to pay his debts, knowing that he has regained his ability to meet his basic needs?

Is it permissible to pay Zakat on wealth if it reaches the nisab, and the owner is unmarried and unemployed?

Is Zakat obligatory on money donated by a relative to my son to complete his studies, given that this money has reached the Nisab and a Hawl has passed over it? And is it permissible for me to take from this money if I am eligible for Zakat?

Is zakat obligatory on the workers' share of the olive harvest, or is it sufficient to give it only on the owner's share after pressing?

Is zakat obligatory on green wheat that is sold as "fereek," and who is responsible for paying it: the farmer or the merchant?