Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is Zakat now due on a loan that was fully disbursed after three years, with its amount decreasing each year?
Is it permissible to borrow from someone with or without an agreement to lend to him later, in a way that both parties benefit from the loan by the same percentage, whether it be in money, gold, real estate, or a dairy cow?
Is Zakat obligatory on money that my brother lent to his friends, and he does not know when it will be repaid?
Is Zakat obligatory on a sum of 60,0 Saudi Riyals from variable monthly savings?
Is there a sin upon my brother's wife or upon me if I take the money bequeathed for marriage and benefit from it without touching the principal amount, until Allah permits me to marry?
Is it permissible for the children to take the gold and money left by their mother after her death without their father's knowledge and divide it among themselves, given that the father had told the mother the gold was hers, but then retracted after her death and claimed it was his?
What must we do to clear the conscience of our deceased father who found a purse containing money (45 dinars in 1965) and did not return it to its deceased owner? How do we estimate the current value of this amount, knowing that it was equivalent to 112 grams of gold at that time? And is what our father did permissible, in spending 5000 dollars given to him by his sister to be spent on the needy, as he spent it on us under the pretext of our need for it?
Is it permissible for a well-off woman to give her gold's zakat to her grandchildren (her sons' children or her daughters' daughters), and to spend on her grandson's university education, knowing that her husband is well-off and not deceased?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat from the questioner's money to cover his sister's and aunt's rent and expenses, as well as to help his brother, knowing that the sister and aunt suffer from mental disorders and have inherited money under the questioner's disposal, and that his mother prevents the heirs from disposing of their father's share in a common property?
Is it permissible for a father to give his son money earned from usury with the intention of charity, or from his zakat, to purchase a medical device the son needs, knowing that the son's income is moderate and barely sufficient for him?
Is it true what Islam is accused of regarding the issue of those whose hearts are to be reconciled [al-mu’allafati qulubuhum]: that it is a bribe and enticement with money to enter Islam?
Is it permissible to account a debt owed by an indigent and procrastinating person as being from the Zakat funds that must be distributed to him?
How should one deal with beggars, especially children, who use deception — such as feigning blindness — to ask for money? And should one give them money despite being unable to ascertain their truthfulness or need? And is there a sin incurred by unknowingly helping those among them who are deceivers?
Is a person considered a miser if he saves money for his children's future amidst difficult economic circumstances, and refuses to give them the full amount for their marriage unless they contribute, while the children believe he should provide everything for them?
Does a husband's prevention of his wife from enjoying the wealth with which Allah has blessed him, and his saving it for difficult times, constitute "withholding al-Ma'un" as mentioned in the Qur'an, or is it his right since he is the earner of the money?
What is the ruling on money stolen from the shops of a father, an uncle, and a cousin by marriage of an uncle? Is it obligatory to return it to them or to give it away in charity on their behalf? And is its value calculated at the same amount stolen, or at its equivalent today?
How do you pay Zakat on money owed to you by your brother, knowing that he will pay it back in annual installments over a period that may exceed four years?
Is it obligatory to combine money and foreign currencies for Zakat calculation if each of them reaches the Nisab and a Hawl (one year) passes over it?
Is it obligatory for someone who is liable for the expiation of accidental killing (freeing a slave) to give money in exchange for freeing a slave, or is it obligatory for him to give all of his zakat money?
Is it permissible for a son to give his mother zakat money to meet her needs for the obligatory maintenance which her husband is refusing to pay?
Is it permissible for someone who possesses savings that do not reach the niṣāb, and who needs this money for essential matters such as housing installments, and whose salary is low and who is in debt, to take from zakat to pay off his debt?
What should I do with the gold necklace that was found after its price was paid from zakat money, knowing that it was entrusted to me, and the one who paid for it considered me a person in debt, and that I am in need of money and indebted?
Is zakat due on sums paid and accumulated for installments of land not yet received, and prepared for investment and construction, knowing that the remainder of the salary is saved to pay these installments?
Is it permissible to pay a son's accumulated apartment installments from Zakat money to meet his needs and the needs of his family, in the event that his income is insufficient to pay these installments?