Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
How is zakat paid on gold saved with the wife's mother in Egypt (185 grams of wedding jewelry and 115 grams of purchased gold), while the wife is residing in Dubai?
Is it permissible for a widow to receive a monthly income from a charitable organization to complete her studies, given that she is not in financial need and lives in her father's house, but she prefers not to ask him for money out of consideration for his circumstances?
Is Zakat obligatory for a woman who owns 1,000 Jordanian Dinars, if the price of one gram of gold is 11 Jordanian Dinars?
Is it permissible for my mother to give Zakat money to my widowed sister, who has three children and lives with my mother?
Is the intention required for a reward to be counted for showing kindness to the poor, or is a mere spontaneous act motivated by compassion sufficient for a good deed to be counted?
Is Zakat obligatory upon women, and when is it due, what is its value, and is it due on money received as 'Eidiya'?
What should a married man do who is suffering from a change in his wife’s treatment of him after childbirth, her neglect of the home and their daughter, and her stinginess despite her working, while her family supports her in this and has assaulted him, all while the marital life continues and he is unable to divorce her? And is his spending on her considered charity (sadaqah) or Zakat al-Mal?
Is zakat due on funds allocated for emergencies in a government institution if a year has passed over them?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat to minor children whom their wealthy father and paternal siblings do not support, while their mother works, has a moderate income, and cannot provide for their basic and educational needs?
What is the ruling on a wife disposing of gold that her husband bought with money of dubious origin, while not angering him?
Is it permissible to give Zakat money to a person to help him with his private project as a benevolent loan, and then redistribute the amount when it is repaid? And is it permissible to give Zakat money to a female relative for the completion of her marriage?
Is it permissible to give zakat to the children of the widowed wife who do not live with the husband, and whose guardianship is with their grandfather?
Is it permissible for my husband to give his Zakat money to my mother for two consecutive years to cover the costs of her Hajj, given her financial inability to do so in the coming years?
Is it permissible to give zakat to underage siblings and hand it over to them for their disposal while they are in their father's custody?
Is it permissible to stipulate that the loan be repaid with an amount equivalent to its value in gold at the time of repayment, in anticipation of changes in currency value?
Is the zakat nisab for money—after the passing of a full year—valued at 80 grams of gold, and is zakat to be paid annually based on the value of 80 grams of gold in the year of its payment?
What is the ruling on zakat for a monthly salary from which nothing remains until the end of the year, for a residential apartment, and for the wife's gold (mahr/dowry)?
Is it permissible to build a house for a blind mosque imam from zakat funds, knowing that he does not own a house and his salary comes from the mosque's society fund?
What is the Sharia ruling regarding money, the origin of which is unlawful, and its owner has disposed of part of the unlawful portion, and it has mingled with lawful money? Does all the money become permissible and can it be used for zakat, sadaqat (charity), and Hajj, or does it still retain its prohibition?
Is it permissible for there to be pre-arranged tribal settlements in Libya stipulating a blood money (Diyya) of 13,000 dinars, knowing that this amount is only approximately one-sixth of the legally prescribed blood money, and should this amount be paid to minors, and can the guardian of the minor accept it?
Is a woman entitled to receive the social security sum designated for divorced women, knowing that it is from zakat funds, even though she possesses a small inherited amount that she is investing?
How is zakat paid on money resulting from subscription shares?
How can a woman please Allah and not anger her husband, who gifted her gold from money mixed with both lawful and unlawful sources, and who insists that she wear it, given her knowledge that the source of the money might be suspicious?
Is it obligatory to pay the deferred dowry before giving out the Zakat on money, or is Zakat to be given from the current amount? What are the categories for spending Zakat on money, and is it permissible to give it to siblings or relatives? Is it obligatory to spend it in the current country, or is it permissible to send it to the country of origin?