Zakat on Money and Gold
- What is the ruling on playing "Clash of Clans" where virtual resources are purchased with real money, and then spoils are taken from them when players are attacked?
- Is zakat due on money invested in a stalled real estate project?
- Is it permissible to give zakat to those who have not received their salaries for several months, knowing that they will become self-sufficient upon receiving their salaries?
- Is Zakat obligatory on a fluctuating sum of money in a bank account, ranging between 35,000 and zero?
- How is the zakat calculated for a wireless internet service provision project, and is zakat obligatory on the network devices, and how are the annual sales calculated for zakat?
- What is the expiation for selling a stolen gold chain to one's mother without informing her of its theft and without taking any payment, and is it obligatory to disclose this to the mother? And what is the ruling on purchasing a driver's license and the consequent rulings thereof, such as the income derived from it, and is it obligatory to dispose of this license?
- Am I obligated to pay Zakat, and how much is it, and how do I calculate it, given that I have not paid Zakat for two years because I believed it was not obligatory for someone who is saving money for marriage?
- Is zakat due on the principal of an investment deposit, and what is the difference between zakat on a bank deposit, an investment deposit with a return, and an investment deposit based on Mudarabah? What is the benefit of depositing money for investment Mudarabah if zakat is due on the principal, and is there a difference between zakat on money and zakat on cash?
- Is it taken into consideration when paying Zakat that the wealth reached the Nisab on Ashura of last year, despite doubts about it? And are borrowed funds included in the Zakat Nisab? And is Zakat paid on the determined Nisab or on the entire amount currently owned, including borrowed funds? And is it necessary to verify that the Nisab has been reached before paying Zakat on Ashura?
- ما هو النصاب الشرعي للمال بالدولار أو الدينار الأردني؟
- What is the minimum amount of money that necessitates purification (zakat) for a year, and does that include 50 Riyals?
- Is it permissible to give from the Zakat money to the orphaned son of one's sister, who lives on sporadic aid and has a small pension and a saved plot of land?
- Is it permissible to collect our personal Zakat on money to purchase a property for a sick uncle suffering from schizophrenia, so that he may rely on it for his livelihood, and is Zakat obligatory on this collected money if it remains with us for more than a year?
- What is incumbent upon a university student who has a monthly allowance and a salary from her father, both of which fluctuate throughout the year with decreases and increases, but she does not know the exact amount upon which a year has passed for the last three years? And is there any unpaid Zakat due from her?
- What are the conditions for zakat and the time for its payment?
- What is the ruling on one who borrows a sum of money, and the lender stipulates that it be returned in gold upon repayment after three years, knowing that the price of gold fluctuates?
- What is the zakat on sheep that are raised and sold, and are fed food and do not graze from the land, and some of which have not yet completed a full year?
- How is partnership money between two sisters purified if dividing the money reduces the minimum amount (nisab) required for zakat?
- Why is it not a condition for Zakāt on crops and livestock to be free from debt?
- Is it permissible to allocate a portion of Zakat to deserving children within the sister's family, or is giving Zakat to the mother sufficient?
- Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal to a female relative to help her prepare for marriage, and is it considered Zakat al-Mal if the questioner's son intends to marry her, knowing that he will provide for her preparations in both cases?
- Is it permissible to give zakat money to a paternal male cousin (ibn al-ʿamm) to pay off the debt of a brother who defrauds people?
- Is it obligatory to add the amount of a check expected to be received after the Hawl (a year has passed) to the Zakat on wealth, knowing that it has not yet been seized?
- How is zakat on savings paid: is it at the time zakat is due, or after a full year has passed on each saving?