Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
How is zakat calculated on a capital of 1,0 riyals from 5 people, with the fund being supported monthly by the same amount for financing cars and furniture and selling a car every two months?
How is Zakat on wealth calculated for a workshop that manufactures and installs windows and kitchens, knowing that operations are fast-paced and include costs for raw materials, transportation, manufacturing, and other operating expenses?
Should the maid return the money she earned from selling stolen gold as part of her repentance?
How is the estate of the deceased mother, amounting to 220,000 EGP in addition to gold valued at 40,000 EGP, distributed among the father, three brothers, and one sister, taking into account the sole sister's desire to keep the mother's gold as a gift and not take her share of the inheritance, or to take her inheritance and donate it for the mother's soul?
Is it permissible to use Zakat funds (money and gold) to purchase food, clothing, and supplies for an orphanage that includes non-orphaned children whose parents are unable to provide for them?
How is Zakat on money calculated for an amount paid as a down payment for a flat, then later refunded after the cancellation of the contract, and is Zakat due for past years, or only from the date the amount was refunded?
What is the ruling on selling a commodity by installment after purchasing it based on a customer's request with a profit margin ranging between 25-30%? And what is the way to invest small capital in light of the decreasing value of currency? And is it permissible to save by buying gold and selling it after its price increases?
Is it permissible to give a woman's zakat on gold to her poor mother or sister and their children without informing them that it is the zakat on gold?
Is it permissible to take the value of the gold crafts stolen by the wife from her father, knowing that the theft was not for the purpose of spending?
Is it permissible to give zakat to the guardian of a legally incompetent person for the purchase of devices that will be used by both the guardian and the legally incompetent person, while concealing the ownership of these devices from the legally incompetent person to protect him from misuse?
Is paying a monthly sum to a gold shop for one year, and buying gold with the paid amount plus the value of an additional month from the shop at the end of the period, considered permissible or usury?
What is the ruling on the Zakat that a grandfather gave to his daughter and her children (a university student and an employee), knowing that they are not poor, and should the money be returned to the grandfather or given to the poor if the Zakat is not permissible?
What is the ruling of the Shari'ah on investing an orphan's money, and how are fixed assets handled upon his reaching the age of maturity, and how is Zakat paid on this money?
Is zakat obligatory on gifted gold that is not worn, and on children's jewelry acquired for them that is not worn?
Does zakat become obligatory on a debtor's possessions, which include a portion of a house, a share in a debt-ridden factory, and a sum of money in the bank, taking into consideration the Murabaha loan he took to purchase a dwelling, and the fact that he does not own a dwelling and lives in rented accommodation while helping his parents?
What is the amount of zakat on gold that was sold after one year at a profit, and is zakat calculated on the purchase price or the selling price, and is it permissible to give it to relatives or an indigent brother?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a husband of moderate means who does not spend on his wife and children? And is what the wife spends on her household – such as rent, food, drink, clothes, and school expenses – counted from zakat, or is it her duty and not counted from zakat?
What should I do to pay the zakat on a gold belt that I have not paid zakat on for 20 years, seven of which I have not worn it, and I intend to sell it to pay its zakat?
Does converting investment certificates into gold bars affect the due date of Zakat, and how is Zakat on gold calculated given the daily fluctuations in its value?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal (obligatory charity on wealth) to a needy female relative who is about to get married, and can she be given the Zakat in the form of essential household appliances and tools?
Is Zakat obligatory on money saved for emergencies, and if so, when and how should it be paid?
Is it permissible to give from Zakat funds to someone imprisoned on false charges who requests a lawyer for a large sum, and is such a person considered among those in debt (al-Gharimin)?
Is zakat obligatory for the owner of a commercial shop that he rents out, who does not possess a monetary balance at the end of the year, and has exhausted all rental income before the year elapsed?
What is the obligatory Zakat on two apartments, two commercial shops, and the wife's gold jewelry, and who is responsible for paying it?