Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
What should I do about stealing 22 million centimes from my deceased grandfather in the period "2011-2012" to use it to buy a house and travel to France, knowing that my parents are aware of this and I have regretted this action and want to repent?
How is zakat calculated on a monthly accumulated savings amount, and is zakat obligatory on money that has not completed a full year (hawl)?
Is zakat obligatory on money endowed for marriage if it reaches the nisab, and what is the ruling on zakat for money deposited and lent if part of it is in hand and more than the nisab is lent to relatives from whom the repayment date is unknown?
Is it permissible to give a portion of the zakat money received for distribution to the needy to one's mother, knowing that she is already being provided for?
Is it permissible to give gold zakat to family members who are experiencing financial hardship due to a health crisis and cessation of work as a result of war, and does the mother's possession of a small amount of gold prevent this?
Is it permissible to purchase gold using a Visa card?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a relative to buy a home or establish a project to improve his financial situation, knowing that he works and provides for two families, and lives with them in one apartment?
Is zakat obligatory on the orphans' money (money held in trust for a minor) and on the heirs' money from which monthly withdrawals are made to cover obligations and which they receive intermittently throughout the year? What is its amount and when is it due? Is zakat obligatory on the house their father left them in the countryside?
How can one absolve oneself of debt owed to unknown or deceased individuals when it is impossible to ascertain their whereabouts or deliver the money to them?
Does the almsgiver pay the zakat on his salary for all that he has accumulated at the time of paying the delayed zakat, or should he consider what he had at the completion of the hawl (one lunar year)? And is the date of paying the delayed zakat considered the beginning of a new hawl, or does the hawl remain linked to its original date?
Is zakat obligatory this year on an amount of 33,000 Saudi Riyals that was withdrawn from the bank and used to purchase gold a month ago, knowing that the zakat payer purifies his wealth every year in the month of Ramadan?
Is Zakat due on land that I bought ten years ago and was only sold after the sale?
What is the number of obligatory expiations for oaths, and must the ten needy people be poor, Muslim, and prayerful when the expiation is disbursed, and is it obligatory to search for the needy Muslim, even if it is difficult, and is it obligatory to take on debt or sell possessions to provide the amount of the expiation if the money is not available, and is it permissible to delay the expiation until the money becomes available?
Is zakat obligatory on the amounts of agricultural crops that the farmer has not received from the state, knowing that the silos deduct the value of zakat upon delivery?
Is zakat due on money that has not been in one's possession for a full year if it is found with money that has reached the nisab and a full year has passed on it, and what is the amount of the nisab in US dollars?
What is the ruling on painting the mosque, restoring some of its parts, and covering zinc iron with fabric or gypsum for decoration? Is it permissible to supplicate against a business partner who lied, embezzled money, and invested it in an unagreed-upon project?
How can one reconcile the desire to give much charity with the need to save money for an essential project, such as buying land to build a house for one's children, and is saving money for this purpose considered forbidden hoarding (al-kanz al-muharram)? What is the best way to give charity in this situation?
What is the ruling on purchasing gems with real money in online games that do not involve Shar'i prohibitions, for the purpose of accelerating certain missions and developing items within the game?
Must the conditions set by those giving charity be adhered to when donating it to a specific person or for a specific purpose, or is it permissible for the agent to dispose of it as he sees fit to whomever he deems more in need?
What is the difference between the four schools of thought regarding zakat in terms of obligation, entitlement, and sufficiency, with mention of evidence from the Qur'an and Sunnah?
Is it permissible to prepare the needy bride with Zakat money without informing her, or should she be given the money and dispose of it as she wishes?
What is the ruling on giving charity or money to someone who is known to use it for both lawful and unlawful purposes, and does the ruling differ if this is for family and parents?
Is zakat obligatory on stored goods prepared for sale over different periods?
Is a woman obligated to pay Zakat on her gold for past years, given that her husband had informed her he had paid its Zakat, but then retracted that claim, and is she required to abide by his condition of paying a sum of money to a poor family in exchange for that Zakat?