Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is zakat obligatory on money paid to the bank in installments, knowing that your friend pays these installments for you monthly?
How is zakat calculated on sugarcane whose cultivation costs 63 pounds per feddan, with a return of 57 pounds?
What is the role of the guardian of his brother with special needs, and should the brother's share of the inheritance be deposited in his name or in the name of the guardian, in the presence of a mother and siblings?
Is it permissible to give zakat to one's fiancée to help her secure marriage essentials, knowing that I sometimes assist her with my own money?
Is a person considered among those who hoard gold and silver if he buys gold for profit, then invests the profit in another project, knowing that he used to pay zakat on these pounds?
What is the ruling of the Sharia regarding a husband who takes from his wife's money by force, despite a prior agreement that her money is her own, and who does not spend on her on the pretext that she is employed, and what is the ruling on overlooking the right to maintenance?
Does the percentage of Zakat due on money need revision?
Is it permissible for the one paying Zakat to add the value of the Zakat to his needy children to help them with marriage expenses, or must the Zakat on this money be paid (separately)?
What is the method for calculating the Zakat on five thousand Egyptian pounds deposited in a bank and five thousand Egyptian pounds invested in a project, and is there a specific amount that wealth must reach for Zakat to be obligatory upon it?
Is zakat obligatory on someone who holds another person's money in his private account, or on the owner of the money himself?
Does thinking about past sins and reliving them, despite seeking forgiveness, restraining oneself, and remembering repentance, indicate a flaw in one's repentance and render it less than sincere?
What is the amount of zakat due on money saved through "jam'iyyat" (cooperative societies) that will be spent entirely over several months for marriage expenses?
Is it permissible to give votive money to a friend who is about to get married and needs the money, and is that considered a form of charity, and is it obligatory to inform him of the true nature of this money or can it be considered a gift, and is it permissible to give this money from zakat?
Is sadaqah obligatory on birds raised at home and prepared for sale when their number increases with the aim of changing the species?
Is it permissible or forbidden to help a girl who has been raped find a doctor to perform a "hymenoplasty" or to pay for the costs of this procedure, and is it permissible to consider the costs of the procedure as part of zakat money?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of 600 Kuwaiti Dinars deposited in the bank since June 2006, knowing that a portion of it will be spent later, and how is zakat calculated on the remaining amount? And what is the nisab of gold upon which zakat becomes obligatory, and is zakat obligatory on gold that has not been used for more than a year, but the wife will use it during an upcoming holiday?
Is zakat obligatory on money that has been held for a full year for the two brothers residing outside the country, given that there is a common debt owed by them and their brothers inside the country?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal to someone who intends to undergo IVF?
What is the wisdom behind prohibiting the exchange of old gold for new with the payment of a difference, while it is permissible to sell gold and then buy new gold with its price plus an increase?
What is the jurisprudence of lawful blood money (Diyya) for killing: its amount and the wisdom behind it, to refute misconceptions prevalent among people regarding it, such as someone saying that taking it makes the deceased a slave to the killer's family on the Day of Judgment, or considering it "the price of the deceased"?
Is money obtained with the help of a sheikh who used the Quran and jinn considered halal after 20% (khums) has been set aside for zakat, knowing that the sheikh and intermediaries have taken their share from it?
Is it permissible for Islamic countries to amend the amounts of diyah (blood money) according to rising prices and living costs, and to consider the amendment applicable to subsequent incidents, taking into account that the origin of diyah is camels, and what is estimated in money is their value, and that the ruling for diyah should be based on its value at the time the judgment is issued, not at the time of death?
How is the Zakat calculated for a public telephone shop that has five rooms?
Is it permissible to give my sister-in-law (my brother's wife) from my Zakat money to buy school supplies for their children, with or without my brother's knowledge, given that he is of moderate means, has four children, and cannot meet their school needs?