Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is it obligatory to differentiate between money and gold when determining the minimum taxable amount (nisab) for Zakat calculation, or is it obligatory to combine them?
Is it permissible for me to keep the money that exceeds the costs of my father's treatment, or must it be returned to the donor, and is this money considered my father's property, entitling my siblings to claim it?
How is Zakat calculated on money in a savings account from which funds are deposited and withdrawn, and must amounts that have not completed a full year be excluded when calculating Zakat, given the existence of a car loan and a home loan?
Is it permissible to pay the blood money for accidental or semi-premeditated killing in cash, based on the price of silver, if the price of gold has risen significantly? Is it permissible to estimate the blood money based on the price of camels in the cheapest nearby countries? Does the killer have the freedom to choose between the mentioned categories for blood money? What is the category that must be paid if both the killer and the victim are urban dwellers in lands where camels do not exist?
How can one pay Zakat on a small amount of money (25 Riyals) after a year has passed, given the difficulty in finding the poor, and is it permissible to pay it by offering a meal to a low-paid sanitation worker, or by purchasing a carton of water and dedicating it for the sake of Allah?
Is it permissible to give Zakat by paying the rent of a needy person's house, or by buying books for a student of knowledge, or by buying clothes for someone who cannot afford them, instead of giving it as money?
Is it permissible to give zakat on money to a struggling brother whose income is insufficient to cover his expenses and accumulated debts from credit cards?
Should I pay again the zakat on money that I spent to purchase a medical device for a governmental hospital for the poor, and should I pay it immediately or wait until the next Hawl (Zakat year) is due?
How is the zakat on money calculated, and is the nisab determined by gold or silver, and what is the accepted purity standard, and to whom is the zakat given, and what about money that may have reached the nisab at an unknown earlier time?
How can Zakat be paid on an amount saved to buy a house, knowing that paying Zakat will affect the saved amount?
Is it permissible for me to use the money given to my mother from the lease contract of the shop as a loan, and is Zakat obligatory on it, and who pays it? And are we considered tax collectors and thus forbidden from entering Paradise because we take a 10% value-added tax from tenants for electricity while only paying 5%? And what should we do if we have erred?
How much money can be taken, and how much must be given as charity? Can the annual fees of the institution be accounted for from investment returns? Is zakat obligatory on this money now, or after a year if it is not spent?
Is it permissible for a son to sell his father's land in the UAE to support his sister and pay for his mother's gold that the father seized, knowing that the father is withholding financial support and threatening to reclaim what he previously spent?
Is it permissible to give to a poor and needy brother from Zakat money?
Is Zakat now due on the Zakat money that was with my father, may Allah have mercy on him, and upon which a year has passed?
Is there any doubt concerning the agreed-upon method of selling gold—where the price is agreed upon in advance, and the gold and money are exchanged later—and is it permissible to sell it at the agreed-upon price despite the continuous fluctuation in gold prices?
Is it permissible to donate the value of a piece of gold that a father gave to his daughter, knowing that it belongs to her sister, and to dedicate the reward to the sister, without revealing the father's secret? And does this absolve the father of sin?
Is zakat due on money invested in commercial murabaha, or only on the 10% profits, especially since these profits are the sole means of support due to difficult circumstances?
Is it obligatory to pay Zakat on gold when the debtor has a debt that reduces the value of the gold below the nisab?
Is it permissible to give gold as a gift to one's sister, even though she is not poor, but possesses very little gold, and this is not intended as Zakat, but rather as a gift out of compassion, especially since her husband refuses to buy gold for her?
How is zakat calculated on land purchased for trade, a full year having passed since its purchase, knowing that part of its price was a gift from the father? And to whom is this zakat given? And is zakat due on land that the father gifted to his son, and then the son wished to sell it?
Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money held in a frozen account in Germany, a portion of which is transferred monthly to a current account for living expenses, given that it is not possible to withdraw more than the monthly transferred amount?
What is the religious ruling on giving charity to the poor and needy with the intention that it is a loan conditioned on being repaid by an equal amount if funds become available from a benefactor to be distributed among them?
Is a female student obliged to re-pay zakat on her money, given that her father used to pay it on her behalf annually and she does not recall having intended its payment, and is zakat due immediately upon receiving the money or before that?