Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
How is Zakat on money paid, what is the amount of money that necessitates its payment, and how is the Hawl (one-year period) calculated?
How is Zakat calculated for 2800 grams of commercial gold for the past six years in Egyptian Pounds, considering the fluctuating price of gold and not knowing the exact amount in past years, and is it permissible to pay it in installments if the amount is large?
Is it considered accidental killing if a person is run over by a car unintentionally—whether they threw themselves in front of it or due to obstructed visibility such as fog? And how much is the blood money (diyya) for accidental killing in Saudi Riyals, and what is its equivalent in camels, gold, silver, and sheep?
What is the ruling on a son taking from his father's zakat money if he is in need, especially if his academic qualification does not match the available job opportunities? What about the years in which the father erred in paying zakat or did not pay it? Is zakat obligatory on the mother's saved gold that is rarely worn, knowing that she does not adhere to religious matters as she should?
Is zakat due on gold purchased for the purpose of selling when necessary, along with the annual money zakat, or is it subject to zakat in a coming year?
Is it permissible for the association to repay a debt incurred by an employee to help Muslim Burmese migrants purchase medicine, using Zakat funds or charity funds?
Is zakat obligatory on the cash amount owned, given that there are remaining car installments exceeding its value?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a daughter who is no older than four years of age to buy her a travel ticket, knowing that her father is not well-off and cannot afford to buy it?
What is incumbent upon me if I later learn that my mother was not paying Zakat on the money she gave me?
What is the ruling on a man boycotting the food of his mother who deals in usury and does not pay zakat? And is the marriage valid if the husband did not pray before the marriage or only prayed Fajr?
Is it permissible to give Zakat on money in the form of food to the poor and needy during Ramadan, taking into consideration the high prices and the inability of some of the poor to buy food? And what is the gold carat on which Zakat is calculated (24, 21, or 18)?
Is it permissible to spend Zakat funds to make improvements to the room of a building's guard, owned by a public utility, knowing that the guard lives in this room with his family?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on depositing money in the Egyptian Post Authority, and is Zakat obligatory on this deposited money, and what is the ruling on gold that is purchased for the wife and its owner has not been determined, and is Zakat obligatory on it if it is distributed between the wife and daughters?
Is it obligatory to pay zakat on the initial amount or on the current value of the car, given that purchasing the car led to installments not covered by savings, and that paying zakat would necessitate borrowing?
What is the ruling on zakat for money that reached 4000 Jordanian Dinars, saved over four years, and with which a car was purchased, knowing that the questioner has debts, and is it permissible to give zakat to the husband to pay off his debts?
Is zakat due on the principal amount or only on the profits in the case of a partnership with an unknown person to whom I sent money for investment, and I received the profits after five months?
Is it permissible to give zakat al-mal to a financially capable brother who is, however, a spendthrift, and needs the money for a fertility procedure?
Is it permissible for the husband's father to force the couple to leave the house of his daughter-in-law, which she built with her own money and gold, and then demolish it and build in its place for his sons, and is the wife entitled to demand her money and gold at their current value?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money received as deferred payment by a divorced woman who is unemployed and has no source of income other than the child support for her children, when a full year has passed over this sum?
What is the ruling on marrying a second wife, given financial and physical capability, without a specific reason? And how is zakat to be purified on money sent to a friend in monthly installments for investment in his business?
1. What is the ruling on leasing agricultural land? 2. If rain-fed agricultural land (subject to Ushriyyah Zakat) is leased, upon whom is the Zakat on the produce obligatory: is it upon the buyer of the crop or the landowner? And if the landowner receives part of the crop in cash and in kind (such as olive oil), is Zakat obligatory upon him for what he received in kind, and is Zakat obligatory on the surplus if it is more than his needs? 3. Is it permissible to delay paying Zakat on produce due to certain circumstances? 4. Is Zakat on produce obligatory for someone who is in debt, if the money obtained is not enough to pay off the debt or barely suffices? 5. What is the ruling on someone who did not pay Zakat on his produce due to ignorance of its obligation, and what is required of him if Zakat has accumulated and he no longer keeps track of it? And what is required of him if he did not pay it despite knowing of its obligation and wishes to repent?
What is the ruling on depositing money in the post office to receive a monthly income for spending on children, and is it permissible to postpone paying zakat on money to spend on children?
Is it possible to fulfill the vow of a deceased father by slaughtering an Eid sacrifice with the intention of fulfilling the vow?
Is Zakat obligatory on an orphan's money deposited in an Islamic bank if these funds originated from charities and Zakat?