Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Must children pay zakat from their own money if their father delays paying it on their behalf, knowing that he pays it as a donation from his own money?
Is it permissible to eat from the fruits of date palms before giving zakat, and how is zakat given for types that have no use after drying, and is selling dates in two stages (before and after drying) permissible, and is it permissible to give the value of zakat in money?
Is it permissible to pay for a sister's son's tuition fees from Zakat funds if his father has limited income?
How is the inheritance of the deceased mother, which includes gold, money, and clothes, to be divided among her seven daughters and their father, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease? And do her maternal uncle and three maternal aunts have a share in it?
Is it permissible to pay the Zakat for land, which was estimated at 3,000, by purchasing household furniture and giving it to the maternal uncle who is known for his poor management and squandering of money?
Is a gold sale transaction in which the price was estimated and the payment deferred for two hours, with the seller remaining in the shop and the gold before him, considered a sale in one sitting? And is the shortfall discovered in the amount after 8 hours and its return to the seller considered a delayed payment for part of the gold's value?
How is the zakat calculated for a man's money when he deposits a sum of money into his account monthly while working abroad, and is it permissible to pay it in one lump sum after several years for each year, and is the zakat amount deducted from the total amount when calculating the zakat for the following year?
Is it permissible to lease land for purposes other than agriculture?
Does usury occur upon قبض (taking possession) if the exchange value paid differs from what was previously agreed upon, with the intention of paying the difference later, knowing that the intention was solely on the part of the buyer?
Is zakat obligatory annually on the fluctuating balance in a current account?
What is the sufficient percentage for paying Zakat monthly from one's salary (7.5% after deducting taxes and before paying any obligations)? Is Zakat obligatory on the money remaining thereafter if it reaches the Nisab and a Hawl (lunar year) passes over it, and how is its Zakat calculated if it increases monthly? Does the ruling differ if the money is in the form of gold? Is it permissible to invest in Islamic banks (such as Faisal Islamic Bank in Egypt) in a country whose banking system is based on Riba (usury)?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of (14,000) Egyptian pounds, on which a full year has passed, that was paid to a Hajj association but Hajj was not performed with it, and it remained with the association with the intention of performing Hajj this year?
Is Zakat obligatory on money not yet received from selling partnership shares in a company?
Is Zakat obligatory on bank deposits or investment certificates if their returns are used for necessities and no amount reaching the nisab remains from them?
Is it permissible for the wife to take her mother’s bequest of gold after her husband told her: "If you take anything, you are forbidden to me," meaning money, and can she relinquish her share of the inheritance to her children, or relinquish the bequest?
How can a wife's 130 grams of gold be dealt with, given that selling it is undesirable out of respect for her father, there is no money for its zakat, banks refuse to invest it, and the couple wishes to avoid the father's displeasure?
Is it obligatory to pay Zakat from the same saved money or from other money? Is it permissible to give a large sum, such as 3000 dirhams, to one person to pay off their debts and bills, or is it better to distribute small sums, such as 100 dirhams, to several people? Is it permissible to count a debt owed to me by someone as part of Zakat funds?
Is it permissible to give the wife's sister from the Zakat money, given her low income and that her father has a moderate income and is in debt, and she has a brother who sometimes helps her?
Should the calculation of the Hawl (Zakat year) continue from October 2022, or should it be recalculated from March 2023, for a company whose capital reached the equivalent of 100 grams of gold in October 2022, then decreased in value to 70 grams of gold in March 2023, and then increased to exceed 85 grams of gold after additional investments were injected?
Is the profit from the sale of gold to be distributed to shareholders in real estate trading, or not, knowing that the loss would have been paid from the questioner's own money?
Must zakat be paid on money that has been frozen for ten years now, and is it permissible to pay it in installments if the estimated amount changes?
Is it permissible for a wife to pay her Zakat on her own money secretly and without her husband's knowledge, and what should the wife do if her husband finds out and causes her a problem?
Is Zakat automatically obligatory on money deducted from income for retirement, and how is Zakat calculated on it?
Is it permissible to give a portion of zakat money to a person who needs surgery?