Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is Zakat due on money that has been invested through Mudarabah (profit-sharing), from the date of the completion of the work and the calculation of profits, or from the date of its receipt? And does the principal (capital) enter into the value of Zakat?
What is the ruling on paying off a father's debt with usurious money or with Zakat money?
What is the ruling on tawaf (circumambulating) for collecting sadaqat (charity) or zakat as the month of Ramadan approaches, and does the ruling differ between an elder and a youth? What is the ruling on earning and spending from it, and what is the ruling on accepting a gift from someone who practices this profession?
Is the mother obligated to pay Zakat on money she secretly saved for her daughter, without the father's knowledge, if the money reaches the threshold for Zakat, in order to prevent the father from squandering it?
Is it permissible for a father to take his daughter's inheritance from her mother, as well as her dues and her mother's gold, under the pretext that he married her off with it or that it is his right, and what is permissible for him to take and what is not?
Is Zakat obligatory on compensation received after suffering permanent paraplegia, and is Zakat obligatory on it every year, or is it permissible not to pay Zakat and keep it for need?
How is the Zakat on money calculated for a monthly salary of 1200 Euros, knowing that it is spent on food, drink, clothing, and rent?
How is the zakat calculated for money that a mother saved as a dowry for her disabled son, on which zakat has not been paid for years, knowing that part of it was loaned out? And is zakat obligatory on money owed?
Is zakat obligatory on a house purchased with the intention of preserving wealth and securing livelihood from its annual rent of 7,0 riyals, while there is still an unpaid debt?
When does the calculation of the Hawl begin for the purpose of paying Zakat on money?
Does the zakat on saved money that has reached the zakatable threshold fall away for someone who is unmarried and does not own furniture for marriage?
What is the exchange rate to be considered for paying Zakat on wealth in hard currency: is it the banks' rate or the parallel market rate? And what is the expiation due for delaying the payment of Zakat past its due date?
What is the zakat nisab for a gold ingot valued at 600 dinars that has been held for a full year, and for an amount of 700 Kuwaiti Dinars in US Dollars, and what is the amount of zakat due on them?
How is the zakat calculated for wheat crops harvested as fodder (oats, straw, or hay) in the form of straw bales, given that these bales contain 70% fully ripened grain heads? Is the yield estimated and its zakat paid as grain, or is the produce sold and its price zakated as money, or is the number of straw bales counted and one-tenth of them given as zakat?
Is it permissible to buy a travel ticket for a needy woman to return to her country with the intention that it is from Zakat, instead of giving her money directly?
What should the mother do with the money and gold left with her by her deceased friend, knowing that the deceased did not specify to whom this trust should go, and should she hand it over to the deceased's daughter only, especially since the daughter knows about the existence of this trust and is requesting it in full?
Is it permissible for a young man who is about to get married, has a good income, and whose father provides for him, to take from zakat money under the pretext of needing it for wedding expenses?
Is it permissible to take and benefit from money that was returned by someone who had received it as assistance, but at the time it was not specified whether it was zakat al-mal or sadaqah, knowing that the giver is currently in need of the money?
Is it permissible to retain Zakat money to make it a large and useful sum, while not currently benefiting from the retained amount?
Is zakat obligatory on money deposited by a father for his son in the bank, which the son was unable to access for seven years, and then withdrew? And if it is obligatory, how are the past years calculated, and what should one do if they spent the money unaware of the obligation of zakat?
Is it permissible for a father who lent money subject to zakat to his son to take the value of the zakat to distribute it as he sees fit, or to compel his son to distribute it, or is it not permissible for the son to pay the debt from zakat money?
Is zakat due on the price of a house that was sold six months ago, and is it permissible to pay half-year's zakat in Ramadan?
Is zakat obligatory for an emigrant who possesses the nisab of money and a hawl has passed on it, knowing that he pays rent and living and educational expenses, whether his money does not exceed 1000 dollars, or he receives government aid and saves money and cannot return to his country?
Is zakat obligatory on a gold necklace bought for a fiancée before consummating the marriage? How is it estimated, and upon whom is it obligatory? Is it permissible to delay its payment due to debts? Will I incur the sins of my future wife if I continue to advise her with kindness without commanding her regarding শরীয়াহ (Sharia) matters?