Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is zakat obligatory on shares of a building that have not yet been sold due to a legal dispute, knowing that their owners do not currently possess the money to pay zakat? And is it permissible to pay zakat for all years after the dispute is resolved and the shares are sold?
Is it obligatory to pay Khums on compensation money if it does not cover all the debts of the person who received it, or is slaughtering a sheep sufficient, given his urgent need for the money to pay off the rest of his debts?
Is it permissible to take from Zakat funds to help cover living expenses and visit parents after leaving a job?
Is Zakat obligatory for my sister if the value of her money, in dollars and euros, reaches the Nisab when converted to Algerian Dinars, knowing that neither currency alone reaches the Nisab? And if Zakat is obligatory, must it be paid from the same foreign currencies, or can it be paid from her monthly salary?
Is zakat obligatory on money received from selling gold jewelry before purchasing another piece with it, and what is the current nisab?
Is it permissible to put money that has been found, and its owner could not be identified, into the Zakat fund after ten days, and is this considered a sin?
Is it permissible to give zakat on behalf of a deceased father who did not pay zakat on his wealth, and should it be given from his wealth or from the son's private wealth, and is it permissible to give it to an unemployed brother?
Is Zakat obligatory on money and gold together when the money reaches the Nisab, while the gold does not reach the Nisab, but with the intention of combining the two assets?
Is it permissible for a grandmother to give her Zakat money to her daughter, who lives with her and consumes from this money, knowing that the daughter spends it on the household?
How should the Zakat on agricultural produce that is harvested before the specified due date for Zakat on money be dealt with? And does it incur two Zakat obligations (at the time of harvest and on its sale price)? And is it permissible to combine its Zakat with commercial Zakat?
Is the giver of zakat absolved if he intended to count a sum from his debt as zakat, and asked the debtor to give it to another person, but the debtor gave it to that other person as a gift from himself, knowing that this person is not poor but is in need of the money?
Is establishing an internet cafe forbidden (haram)? And is zakat obligatory on the money earned from it?
Is it permissible to take Zakat or Sadaqah money to complete building a house?
Is Zakat obligatory on the wealth of a deceased father, which was discovered five years after his death and was a deposit held by another person?
What is the religious ruling regarding the case of the questioner who describes her mother-in-law as loving money and gold excessively, not giving charity, taking money from her son to spend on luxuries, favoring her daughters, not praying, and practicing sorcery on her son and husband? And how should the questioner deal with this mother-in-law given her hatred for her, and is the mother-in-law entitled to take money from her son?
Is zakat obligatory on inherited gold, and what is its amount, and who is responsible for paying it? Is zakat obligatory on the portion received or saved for the daughter?
1. Is it permissible to give zakat and usurious surplus to a maternal grandfather? 2. How is the nisab determined, and is it permissible to estimate it approximately? 3. What should someone do if they do not know when their wealth reached the nisab when giving zakat for the first time? 4. Is zakat calculated on each bank account separately or cumulatively? 5. What is the percentage of zakat that must be paid on wealth?
Is the money that the state pays to the widowed mother, and with which she built a house for her daughter and son from her second husband and bought gold, lawful or unlawful? And does the sin fall upon the daughter or upon the mother, in light of the elder son—who is the martyr's son—claiming that he is more entitled to this money?
Is it permissible to sell gold acquired through illicit means to one's mother, knowing that it is illicit, and what should be done with the remaining money from it?
Is Zakat due on money invested with a merchant, and how is its value calculated, and are outstanding debts and Murabaha installments deducted when it is disbursed?
What is the obligatory Zakat for someone who has lost their job and has a gradually decreasing sum of money, knowing that they have no other source of income and only have enough left to barely sustain them for one year?
What is the ruling on zakat for gold for someone who owns 110 grams, and how is the zakat calculated, and should the price of 21-karat gold or 24-karat gold be used in its calculation?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a father's disposal of his sick son's money allocated to him by the state, and is zakat obligatory on this money?
Is it permissible for the father to give Zakat on his money to the children he had with another wife, who live with their wealthy maternal grandfather, in the event that the father does not spend on them?