Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
How is zakat paid on the profits from an investment account whose owner stipulated to the bank that it should not deal in usury, and is zakat obligatory on the full amount (principal and profits) even if that leads to a decrease in the principal, or is zakat paid only on the profits?
Is zakat obligatory on money that is a trust (amanah) from the the mosque, and is it permissible to sometimes lend out the mosque's trust?
Is it permissible for the wife and her husband to help the husband's needy sister with Zakat money to buy supplies for her twins?
Is it permissible to deposit money in a usurious bank and take its interest to give it away as charity while continuing to pay zakat, given the unavailability of a nearby Islamic bank and the fear of theft if the money is kept at home?
What is the obligatory amount of Zakat to be paid on 103 grams of gold, and is it permissible to give it to an orphanage?
Are the debts incurred from trade (land and shop) deducted from their due zakat?
How is the inheritance to be divided among eight sons and seven daughters, given that the estate consists of a three-story building, gold valued at forty thousand dollars, agricultural land measuring thirteen hectares, and twenty-five thousand dollars in cash?
Is it permissible to give out zakat on money as dates to be distributed among those who are fasting?
Is zakat obligatory on every amount of money in the country where it is located (Britain and Libya), or on their total, and in which of the two currencies should this be done?
Is it permissible for a wife to pay off her deceased husband's debt from her zakat money?
Is zakat obligatory on money and gold that the mother disposed of to manage the affairs of the children after the father's death, even though zakat had not been paid on them for five years? And is it permissible for the children to pay zakat on behalf of their mother while she is still alive?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount saved from a study allowance, knowing that a large part of it is a loan to relatives, and is zakat obligatory for previous years?
What is the ruling of Sharia on how to handle expenses for children? Am I obligated to cover the expenses of my younger son to match the expenses of his older brother, taking into consideration the presence of another daughter and her education expenses? And what is the ruling on zakat for the gold owned by me and my daughter?
What is the current zakat threshold (nisab) that should be considered for zakat payment: is it the nisab of the beginning of the Hijri year (1431 AH), which was 3150 Tunisian dinars, or the nisab of the following Hijri year (1432 AH), which became 5500 Tunisian dinars?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a widow who owns cows and wishes to buy a house, and what about the zakat that was given to her?
Is the zakat on gold calculated based on its value at the time the Hawl (lunar year) is completed, or at the time it is disbursed?
What is the ruling on zakat for a sum of money that constantly changes due to lending parts of it to friends and acquaintances, some of whom are non-Muslims, with some of them delaying repayment for more than six months? And what about the amounts that I lent for the sake of Allah, which amount to a quarter of the total sum?
Is zakat obligatory on jewelry designated for adornment if it has not been used for more than a year, bearing in mind that it was not left with the intention of storage?
Is it permissible for me to convert my bank account into an interest-bearing account and then donate this interest to the poor and needy, with the intention that the bank does not benefit from it and that I do not consider it part of zakat or charity, especially since I always pay zakat on my wealth? And does this contradict the Almighty's saying: {And do not aim for what is bad from it to spend} [Quran 2:267], especially given the severe poverty in my country?
Is it permissible to benefit from two bracelets that were exchanged for a gold necklace with an additional payment, then the owner of the two bracelets later backed out of the deal?
Is the 5% monthly deduction from the salary to support needy families and the children of martyrs in Palestine considered Zakat al-mal, or does the annual Zakat not lapse thereby?
How is the Zakat nisab calculated for money saved in Dirhams in the UAE? Is it based on the nisab of the country where one works, or on the nisab of their home country, given that the nisab in their home country is calculated by silver?
Is zakat obligatory on money paid to a real estate company to own an apartment, then retrieved before the completion of a hawl (a lunar year), or is the calculation of the hawl resumed from the date of retrieval?
Is it permissible to take items, gifts, and gold from the husband's house if his money is illicit, and am I sinful if I do not respond to his attempts to communicate, knowing that he is wanted by the police?