Zakat on Money and Gold

2,114 questions

Is zakat obligatory on money bequeathed for the construction of a residential property for the family and another for investment after the testator's death and before construction begins?
Is it permissible to pay off the debt of an insolvent person whom I guaranteed, using money from my Zakat?
Is it permissible to deal with the company (Goldquest) by purchasing equipment other than gold and silver?
Is zakat obligatory on gold prepared for three daughters, knowing that no one is guaranteed life from death?
Is it permissible for me to pay the zakat on gold on behalf of my wife? Thank you.
Why is it ruled that money be combined with gold for zakat, even if their sources and hawl (possession period) differ, while the principle is that each asset has its own hawl?
Is it permissible to give a portion of one's Zakat al-Mal to sisters to help them prepare their children for marriage?
How is Zakat paid on money whose profit value is unknown, and is it sufficient to pay Zakat only on the known principal?
Is it permissible for an indebted employee whose salary is insufficient to cover the costs of a necessary surgical operation to take from the funds of charity (sadaqah) or zakat, which he was entrusted with distributing, to cover his medical needs?
Is Zakat obligatory on money collected solely to pay blood money (Diyyah)?
Does saving money at home or in certificates of deposit and savings accounts in Islamic banks fall under the ruling of "Kanz" (hoarded wealth) mentioned in Allah's saying: {And those who hoard gold and silver}?
Does zakat become void if the giver informs the needy person that the zakat is not from him, in order to avoid embarrassment and currying favor?
Is the borrower sinful if he defrauds his friend to take from him the difference in the exchange rate of the dollar and gold, after he lent him an amount in dollars to be repaid in Egyptian pounds, and took another amount from him in Egyptian pounds to purchase goods that were not purchased, and the exchange rates and gold prices changed significantly?
Is Zakat obligatory on all wealth if the threshold (nisab) is reached and a year (hawl) has passed on only half of it?
What is the ruling on playing electronic games that contain virtual currency earned within the game, which is claimed to be convertible later into real money, given that the game is free of any other prohibitions?
Is Hajj obligatory for a woman who owns 130 grams of gold for adornment, and nothing else, knowing that its value is sufficient for Hajj, and she would have nothing left after that?
Is it permissible to give zakat to people my grandfather claims are poor and unable to buy oil, or to his poor cousin whose daily meals are provided by his well-off son?
Is it permissible to give Zakat to a woman who works for me as a domestic helper in my house?
Is it permissible for the maternal grandfather to pay for his grandchildren's education expenses from his zakat money if their father refuses to pay them, and is the grandfather obligated to spend on them?
Is it permissible to give zakat on used gold to a brother who has no income and smokes shisha, or to poor families who are deserving of charity?
Is the wife entitled to claim the weight of the gold she sold to help her husband buy the apartment (76 grams), or is her right the amount of money the husband returned (10,0 EGP) with which she bought gold weighing (26 grams)?
Is zakat obligatory on gold that has reached the nisab and a full year has passed on it, knowing that part of it is owned by the wife, and the husband bought the gold with the intention of preserving the value of money to build a house in the future?
What is the ruling on zakat for money owed by a person who may not repay it, and does zakat remain due on it, and how can the zakat due date be changed to coincide with the month of Ramadan?
What should I do with the profits I received from the gold trading company after I requested to withdraw my money and the company refused to do so before the contract period ended, and am I sinful for investing in it?

Zakat on Money and Gold

Is zakat obligatory on money bequeathed for the construction of a residential property for the family and another for investment after the testator's death and before construction begins?

Is it permissible to pay off the debt of an insolvent person whom I guaranteed, using money from my Zakat?

Is it permissible to deal with the company (Goldquest) by purchasing equipment other than gold and silver?

Is zakat obligatory on gold prepared for three daughters, knowing that no one is guaranteed life from death?

Is it permissible for me to pay the zakat on gold on behalf of my wife? Thank you.

Why is it ruled that money be combined with gold for zakat, even if their sources and hawl (possession period) differ, while the principle is that each asset has its own hawl?

Is it permissible to give a portion of one's Zakat al-Mal to sisters to help them prepare their children for marriage?

How is Zakat paid on money whose profit value is unknown, and is it sufficient to pay Zakat only on the known principal?

Is it permissible for an indebted employee whose salary is insufficient to cover the costs of a necessary surgical operation to take from the funds of charity (sadaqah) or zakat, which he was entrusted with distributing, to cover his medical needs?

Is Zakat obligatory on money collected solely to pay blood money (Diyyah)?

Does saving money at home or in certificates of deposit and savings accounts in Islamic banks fall under the ruling of "Kanz" (hoarded wealth) mentioned in Allah's saying: {And those who hoard gold and silver}?

Does zakat become void if the giver informs the needy person that the zakat is not from him, in order to avoid embarrassment and currying favor?

Is Zakat obligatory on all wealth if the threshold (nisab) is reached and a year (hawl) has passed on only half of it?

What is the ruling on playing electronic games that contain virtual currency earned within the game, which is claimed to be convertible later into real money, given that the game is free of any other prohibitions?

Is Hajj obligatory for a woman who owns 130 grams of gold for adornment, and nothing else, knowing that its value is sufficient for Hajj, and she would have nothing left after that?

Is it permissible to give zakat to people my grandfather claims are poor and unable to buy oil, or to his poor cousin whose daily meals are provided by his well-off son?

Is it permissible to give Zakat to a woman who works for me as a domestic helper in my house?

Is it permissible for the maternal grandfather to pay for his grandchildren's education expenses from his zakat money if their father refuses to pay them, and is the grandfather obligated to spend on them?

Is it permissible to give zakat on used gold to a brother who has no income and smokes shisha, or to poor families who are deserving of charity?

Is the wife entitled to claim the weight of the gold she sold to help her husband buy the apartment (76 grams), or is her right the amount of money the husband returned (10,0 EGP) with which she bought gold weighing (26 grams)?

Is zakat obligatory on gold that has reached the nisab and a full year has passed on it, knowing that part of it is owned by the wife, and the husband bought the gold with the intention of preserving the value of money to build a house in the future?

What is the ruling on zakat for money owed by a person who may not repay it, and does zakat remain due on it, and how can the zakat due date be changed to coincide with the month of Ramadan?

What should I do with the profits I received from the gold trading company after I requested to withdraw my money and the company refused to do so before the contract period ended, and am I sinful for investing in it?