Zakat Basics and Nisab
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Is zakat obligatory on money a father gave his married daughter to furnish her apartment, knowing that the father is paying installments from it for an investment apartment for his daughter, and who is the zakat payer in this case: the daughter or the father?
Is zakat obligatory on my sick brother's money deposited in the bank, knowing that its income is insufficient to cover his family's expenses, and is it permissible for him to take from zakat if it becomes obligatory upon him?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of 15,000 Jordanian Dinars designated for trade, and deposited in the bank for seven months, and what is the amount of Zakat due on it?
Is zakat obligatory on horses?
Is zakat obligatory on the gold coins known as "George" owned by the husband's mother, and what is the method for its disbursement? Is it permissible to disburse it along with the zakat on jewelry, or must it be valued in the market? How is its zakat calculated for past years if the method used was incorrect?
How is zakat paid on cars sold by installment, knowing that some buyers delay payments, and there is no liquidity available when the hawl is due?
Is Zakat obligatory on a plot of land that was purchased with debt, knowing that the value of the debt exceeds the available liquidity?
Is it permissible to spend zakat on a son whose father refuses to support him, and is it permissible to pay zakat in installments provided that it is paid in full a sufficient time before the second year (hawl) is due?
Is Zakat obligatory on a plot of land purchased with the intention of building on it, and does the ruling differ if it is sold or invested, and is it recommended to spend in charitable causes as a good omen for future building on it?
Must one withdraw savings from the mandatory savings system whose funds are invested in Riba-based banks and bonds, and what is the ruling on the profits generated from them (approximately 10,0 dollars)? Is it permissible to spend them on a poor brother and his children, and is Zakat obligatory on these savings after withdrawing them?
Is zakat obligatory on a piece of land that was purchased with an unclear intention (for trade or residence), and then gradually building began on it for the purpose of residence, but it has not been inhabited for several years after the completion of the construction? And is zakat obligatory for the past years, and how is it calculated given that the value of the land at that time is unknown? And is it permissible to pay zakat in installments if it becomes obligatory?
What is the ruling on Zakat for a mature, unmarried woman who has not paid Zakat for years due to ignorance of its obligation upon her, considering she does not recall possessing the nisab or the passing of a hawl, she owns gold but does not know if it was for adornment or savings, and her mother managed the gold?
To what extent are financial societies legitimate, and is Zakat obligatory upon them, and how should it be distributed among the recipients of the first installments?
Regarding an apartment sold, is zakat to be paid on its price for one year, before or after settling debts?
What is the nisab for livestock in Zakat?
What is the value of zakat on rikāz, and is finding a precious metal in the wilderness permissible?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved in a retirement account that has reached the nisab, but the saver does not have 100% control over it?
Is it permissible to place the clothing of ten needy people—a shirt for each person—in the clothing Zakat box?
Is Zakat obligatory on money saved in the bank for marriage, and what is the method of paying its Zakat, and does distributing the interest from this money to the poor suffice for its Zakat?
Is Zakat obligatory upon a resident employee in Germany, who is married, pays various taxes and insurances, and helps his family in his home country, while not owning any agricultural land, livestock, or trade?
What is the ruling on zakat for crops from land rented for half its produce: is it obligatory upon the landlord, or upon the tenant farmer, or upon both, each according to his share? And is the zakat due from me considered zakat on trade goods? How much is its amount, and is it calculated before or after deducting expenses?
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What is the zakat due on a building constructed for the purpose of renting it out, but it was not rented out, so its owner decided to sell it?
How is zakat imposed on farmers, and is it annual or on every harvest?