Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is the current economic system, which relies on paper money instead of gold and silver (the Dinar and Dirham), unlawful (haram), and is acknowledging it considered polytheism (shirk)?
Is the husband obligated to provide an allowance for his wife who does not work outside the home, so that she can save money to help her widowed mother?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a brother to help him with marriage expenses, and is it permissible to leave this money with the father who is responsible for collecting the marriage expenses?
Is zakat due on money loaned to others and repaid in installments, and how is its zakat calculated? Is zakat due on ornamental gold?
How is zakat on gold and silver to be paid despite the fluctuation in their prices?
How is the due zakat calculated on an amount of 18,000 pounds, the origin of which was 1,000 pounds invested by the mother in sheep in 1997, taking into consideration the difference in the value of the Egyptian pound between 1997 and 2009 and the current time, and is it obligatory to pay zakat from the capital itself or from other money?
Is Zakat immediately obligatory on gold extracted from beneath the earth (a treasure) as soon as it is extracted, and before a year has passed over it? And is this money considered lawful, given our knowledge of state laws that stipulate its confiscation? And is there a specific Ruqyah or Dhikr for extracting a guarded treasure? And what is the Ruqyah?
Is it permissible to deposit money in Islamic banks, such as Faisal Islamic Bank and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, to avoid the amount being subject to zakat, and are the dealings of these banks truly Islamic, and can bank dealings be non-usurious if they are subject to the Central Bank?
Is zakat obligatory on the insurance amount (20 Kuwaiti Dinars) deposited as a non-withdrawable deposit in Kuwait Finance House, and allocated for a building contractor's license?
What is the ruling on Zakat for the fasiq (openly disobedient/wicked person)?
Is zakat obligatory on a house purchased by installments with the intention of selling it, but not yet received?
Is it permissible to fund an Islamic magazine from zakat money?
Is it permissible to donate to a Christian to help him pay off his debts so that he does not go to prison?
What is the ruling on accidental killing, and what is incumbent upon the killer?
What is the method for paying zakat on money collected from associations, on a debt that was outstanding for a year and then recovered, and on gold that has been held for two and a half years?
Is Zakat obligatory on old coins and collected stamps?
Is it permissible to distribute the zakat on crops directly to the poor without handing it over to the Zakat Fund, due to the large number of poor people and the Fund's failure to disburse the money in its rightful channels?
Is it permissible for a wife to take money from her husband instead of selling her gold, which she vowed to donate as charity, and would that be considered fulfilling her vow?
Why do you hold that a questioner is not permitted to adopt the less weighty opinions (such as not making up missed prayers, or the permissibility of benefiting from unlawfully inherited money, or the non-obligation of Zakat on gold jewelry, or that a conditional divorce intended as a threat entails expiation) except out of necessity, while other reliable scholars are of the view that adopting them is a facilitation, is not considered a sin, and is not always deemed a contravention of the majority?
Is zakat obligatory on shares purchased for trading purposes that are held for two or three months? And do companies pay zakat on their shares? And is zakat obligatory on gold designated for adornment if most of it is not worn?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of 15 pounds weekly from my mother?
Are marriage, children, Hajj, Umrah, Zakat, Sadaqat, and the homes and lands you own considered unlawful if they are derived from the salary of a job in a non-Islamic bank, given the difficulty of leaving it due to old age and scarcity of jobs?
Is bequeathing all gold and jewelry to one of the nieces permissible in Sharia, given the existence of other heirs? And is there any injustice in that towards the husband who kept the gold? And how should the inheritance be distributed if that becomes obligatory? And is Zakat obligatory for all past years, or should it be paid once upon receiving the money?
Is the Zakat payer required to be diligent and exert effort in searching for those deserving of Zakat? And if someone comes to him claiming to be deserving, is he obligated to investigate, or should he be convinced immediately? And is it sufficient for the Zakat payer to inform the recipient that the money is Zakat, in order for his responsibility to be absolved, and the recipient bears the sin if he is not deserving?