Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is it permissible to give an impoverished sister from Zakat money to pay off her son's debt, considering his inability to do so, in order to spare her family and legal troubles?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of money that has been held for a hawl (full lunar year) by the owner's friend for the purpose of trade, and then returned to the owner before the second hawl is complete?
Is the husband considered sinful or unjust if his wife relinquished a plot of land to him after purchasing it with her gold and her daughter's gold without his knowledge and consent, and then the husband gave her more than the weight of her gold based on the ruling of the people of reconciliation, and now the wife accuses him of taking her money and threatens him with hellfire?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat on the profits from buying and selling crops at a rate of 2.5% of the profit immediately, and what should the questioner do regarding past years if this action was incorrect?
Must a man return the amount of money he borrowed, or the quantity of gold that was sold for his sake, especially since the price of gold has risen and this was not agreed upon beforehand?
Is Zakat on gold obligatory in all circumstances?
Is Zakat obligatory on gold that does not reach the Nisab if it is not added to other money not owned by the gold's owner? And is she sinful for not knowing the obligation to add gold that has not reached the Nisab to money to complete the Nisab?
Is zakat obligatory on engagement gold amounting to 100 grams, and is the zakat on additional gold added to it, and what is the nisab and duration for zakat to be obligatory?
Is it permissible to give Zakat on gold by sending it to charities that deliver aid (food and medicine) to the people of Gaza, instead of handing it directly to the poor?
What is the ruling regarding money stolen by a woman who has repented, but lacks the courage to confront those she stole from and does not possess the money to return it?
Is a person considered disobedient to their parents if they oppose their father, who wishes to sell the family home and its plot of land, and insists on moving the family to a remote area in order to financially benefit from selling the apartment they currently inhabit, knowing that obeying the father in this matter will lead to the mother's anger and the displacement of the siblings? Is it permissible to give zakat money to unemployed siblings and to the mother? What is the religious ruling on helping the mother divorce the father?
Is it permissible for me to benefit from the zakat money that I collect, or to take it as a loan and pay it back in installments, especially since I do not reside in my home country and rely on a social security grant, and the authorities may refuse me employment due to my age and ailments, and also because I am in dire need of a sum of money to establish stability in my home country after being forced to return there, and I owe a large sum to my wife and other people?
What do you think about my relationship with my father after his death? Is it permissible to agree to an informal division of the inheritance? What about the zakat and taxes on the deceased's money?
Is zakat obligatory on money saved to buy a house, which has not been held for a full year, knowing that part of it is invested in trade and then returned, and what is the legal threshold (nisab) for zakat in Algeria?
How was the 2.5% rate for Zakat determined, and is it uniform across all Islamic countries?
Should I pay Zakat on money that has been with me for a full year, while I intend to use it for Hajj?
What is the ruling on Hajj, Zakat, and expenditures from money earned through a job obtained by falsifying age, given the availability of competence, the impossibility of obtaining a government job except through this method, and the fact that age is originally an estimation?
Is it permissible to give an impoverished brother zakat money to help him with the costs of an IVF procedure that he and his wife need, after twelve years of their marriage without conceiving?
Why does the zakat on gold and silver (one-quarter of one-tenth) differ from the zakat on rikaz (one-fifth), even though they are of the same class?
Is it permissible to consider the amount taken by the swindler as Zakat and deduct it from it?
What is the legally prescribed proportion for bearing the responsibility of compensating the grandmother for the stolen gold and money, knowing that the theft was carried out by her grandson with the help of his maternal cousin, and involved selling the gold and purchasing a replacement?
What is the recognized gold standard for calculating the zakat on money: is it 18, 21, or 24 karat?
Should I use my mother's small sum of money to buy her gold, or to build the mosque that I intended, especially since my siblings do not know about this money?
Is it permissible to give an impoverished and ill brother from zakat money, knowing that he does not live with the giver of zakat?