Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is it permissible to give a portion of Zakat before its due time, and will the Zakat due date for the coming year change accordingly? Is it permissible to give a portion of Zakat to a public hospital to purchase medical equipment or to distribute it among patients and staff? Is it permissible to pay off my husband's brother's loan to the bank and consider it from Zakat money, knowing that his salary is insufficient to cover his family's expenses?
Is it permissible to give the mosque's endowed money to a school?
Is it permissible to give the Zakat on money – upon which a year has passed – to the mother and younger brother, knowing that both of them have an income?
Can the rental value of an apartment endowed as housing for a poor person be counted towards the obligatory Zakat of the heirs, and anything exceeding Zakat be considered charity?
Is zakat obligatory on money whose source is a debt that is still being paid off, knowing that part of it was lost in stocks and the other part was invested in a real estate partnership that will not be returned until after three years, and all the money was put into building a house, in addition to the existence of other debts?
What is the Sharia ruling on agreeing upon fixed monthly profits (400 EGP) for an initial partnership (10,000 EGP) in a grocery store, knowing that the actual profits might be higher? Does this fall under the suspicion of usury (riba)? And how is the zakat due from the partner calculated in this case?
How is Zakat on money paid if a year has passed, and you have remaining car installments equal to the value of the saved amount, in addition to a credit card secured by this amount?
Is it permissible to give expiation (kaffara) to needy relatives such as a son, and what are the implications for someone who issued a fatwa permitting this, and then it became clear that their fatwa was incorrect after the expiation was given?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat on money that has been received and spent from a monthly financial association before the end of the Hawl (one lunar year)?
Is it permissible to pay the Zakat on cash funds due from an agricultural partnership at a rate equivalent to the Zakat on crops, given that the partner sells the produce and delivers the money in cash?
Is the additional amount distributed to the poor counted as part of the Zakat on wealth, knowing that the Zakat on the giver's wealth has already become due?
Is it permissible for my husband to give his brother zakat money to help him solve his financial problems, given his difficult financial circumstances, his family's needs, and his stalled home construction?
Is it permissible to consider money sent to the father who supports the siblings in their education, or a portion thereof (to the extent of the siblings' benefit), as part of the Zakat al-Mal paid at the end of the year?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat on money that has not yet completed a full year (hawl), or should it be paid when each part completes its hawl individually? And is it permissible to give Zakat to an indebted fiancé, knowing that his parents have an apartment for sale?
How can stolen money be returned to its owner after 13 years and a rise in gold prices, knowing that the amount received was 200 US dollars without knowing the weight of the stolen item? Is it permissible to donate the due amount on behalf of the owner to avoid embarrassment?
Do the heirs owe zakat on an amount one of them embezzled, the profits of which were not paid zakat on for ten years, or is it borne solely by the embezzler?
Is it permissible to deduct 400 Egyptian Pounds from the Zakat money that I set aside for my personal use, as part of the Zakat I give to a poor person?
Is one sinful if he stops helping his sister who is raising two orphans, knowing that one of the orphans is 19 years old, smokes, consumes intoxicants, and does not work, and is he obliged to wait for a request for help or should he take the initiative to offer it?
Is it permissible for my father to collect Zakat money to build a mosque, based on a fatwa he heard?
What is the ruling on zakat if the principal (muwakkil) intended it at the time of payment, but the agent (wakil) did not intend it at the time of distribution to the beneficiaries? And in this case, is it obligatory to re-pay zakat for past years?
Is there sin in bank money spent on the family, or is their illness and lack of money a trial from Allah, knowing that they pay zakat and give charity? And what should they do if it is a sin?
Is it permissible to give Zakat on money to divorced sisters who live in their parents' home or alone and are in debt, knowing that the questioner helps his mother with household expenses? Can these debts be paid off with Zakat money?
Is it permissible to benefit from money acquired from selling a house that was purchased with usury?
Is it permissible to pay zakat in Yemen from money borrowed from a brother who works in a usurious bank and receives his salary from it, knowing that the borrower is studying abroad and does not possess sufficient funds to send the zakat to Yemen due to transfer costs?