Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is it permissible to transfer ownership of a plot of land to a daughter in exchange for a debt of gold, knowing that the land is for investment and the gold is subject to zakat, and is it valid to transfer ownership without her knowledge while she is an adult?
Is Zakat obligatory on an amount mortgaged in the bank to pay for blood money resulting from car accidents?
Must zakat be paid on money that was previously saved and has now been spent, given that its zakat was not paid at that time?
Is it permissible to give Zakat on gold to someone who wants to marry, or to spend it on Da‘wah, such as buying tapes and booklets and distributing them?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a indebted woman who is unable to pay her mortgage, knowing that her husband wants to give her from his zakat for the same purpose, taking into account that the apartment is mortgaged to a usurious bank?
What is the ruling on zakat for inherited money that has reached the zakat threshold, but has not been distributed among the heirs because none of them can dispose of it individually?
What is the ruling on taking raw gold and manufacturing it for money, and sometimes exchanging raw gold for manufactured gold while paying a manufacturing fee?
Is buying goods for one's sister with money taken from their mother, and then the sister returning the original amount to the mother, considered usury (riba)? And is exchanging one usurious commodity for two usurious commodities forbidden, like exchanging gold for gold and silver?
Does my Zakāt obligation lapse if I gave my money to my older brother to deliver to my poor brother, but he took the money for himself, knowing that it was Zakāt, and I have demanded the money from him but he is procrastinating?
Is Zakat obligatory for the years in which the father refused to pay Zakat, or only for the years in which the money became private property?
Can the exemptions granted to some orphaned and impoverished students from tuition fees, with the intention of zakat, be counted towards the zakat threshold?
How is the zakat calculated for an ornamental jewelry set that has not reached the nisab, and a year has passed since the engagement was broken off, along with money for marriage that has not reached the nisab, and a year will pass on it in the month of Dhu al-Qa'dah, in addition to a monthly savings from salary that does not reach the nisab?
Is it correct to sell gold to pay the Zakat on the money of the father who is sick with Alzheimer’s, and is it permissible to distribute the gold to needy siblings?
What is the ruling on receiving an increase in the price of gold if the buyer delays payment and the price of gold rises?
What is the ruling on building upon land that was purchased with money on which zakat was not paid, and which includes an unlawful amount?
What is your advice to a person who has become addicted to gambling, has lost his money and other people's money, and is now contemplating suicide because of debts and problems?
What should my mother do to clear her conscience, as she has been inaccurately paying Zakat al-Mal for over 35 years, and she does not know whether the amount paid was less or more than what was due, and now she only has a small amount of money left?
Is the remaining amount from the salary earned at a store that sells gold on installment considered unlawful money, and is one sinful for spending it on their family, and if so, how can one dispose of it?
Is it obligatory to help a colleague pay the blood money (Diyya) decreed against him, and is it a condition to verify the error before providing assistance, and is it permissible to pay from zakat funds?
Is it permissible to consider the price of an air conditioner purchased for elderly parents as part of Zakat al-Mal (money)?
Is Zakat calculated on the amount available at the end of the Hawl (lunar year) (80,000 AED), or on the Nisab amount (51,000 AED), and can Zakat be paid in advance?
Is zakat due on gold for one year or for previous years, knowing that there is no income to cover the zakat and thus part of the gold will be sold for that purpose?
Is it permissible for a mother to give the zakat of her wealth and the fidyah for her fasting to her married and poor daughter whose husband is not well-off?
Is it permissible for a company owner who has troubled debts with clients and is unable to pay workers' wages to take from zakat money to pay the wages in order to save his company, given the unavailability of lawful loan alternatives?