Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
How is the value of the dollar determined when paying Zakat, given the multiplicity of exchange rates (official, banking, and parallel market), knowing that the dollar is only available in the parallel market?
Does zakat become obligatory on something valuable found inside an animal if its owner did not intend to sell it?
What is the ruling on purchasing gold with checks?
What is the ruling on parents favoring daughters over sons in giving large gifts of gold, and what is your advice to the parents and children in this situation?
What is the religious ruling regarding zakat for previous years, given that I paid it only on cash without including gold due to ignorance, and I did not know that it must be calculated by the lesser of the two nisabs? Also, I cannot recall the amount of money in those years.
Is it permissible to pay Zakat on wealth to settle credit card debt?
Is zakat obligatory on profits generated from investing lawful money, or on donations given to the Islamic center?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a poor maternal aunt whose husband is rich but does not spend enough on her and her children?
Is zakat obligatory on gold, some of which a woman wears and some of which her daughter saves, and what is the ruling on adorning oneself with gold in the shape of a snake?
Is Zakat obligatory on the frozen amount of IQD 3,500,0 (equivalent to USD 2,777) from the Lending Association, which my brother will receive to pay off part of a debt, and is Zakat to be paid once or for each year since 2014 until now?
What is the ruling concerning zakat that did not reach its rightful recipients because the sister withheld it? And what should we do in this situation, and how is the zakat calculated now after an amount exceeding the obligatory amount for the current year has been disbursed?
Is it permissible to give zakat to an impoverished relative monthly throughout the year, if receiving the money in a single lump sum would cause him to spend it quickly and return to poverty?
What is the amount of zakat due on a plot of land that was purchased for trade, knowing that its price was paid through a loan from the company and a جمعية (cooperative society)?
Is Zakat obligatory on money invested in Halal stocks before the completion of a full year (Hawl)?
Is it permissible for a person to collect donations for charitable projects and take a percentage of them without prior specification of that percentage, which led him to take more than his due, and he now wishes to repent, so what should he do?
Is it permissible to sell gold-plated jewelry or jewelry containing small percentages of gold (18K or 14K) online using PayPal, which deducts the price of the item directly from the buyer but may delay transferring the money to the seller? And what is the ruling on selling such jewelry to unveiled women or to women whose religious identity is unknown (Muslim or disbeliever) online?
Is it permissible to spend Zakat money on purchasing a computer device to be given to a student of knowledge for his use in Da‘wah (Islamic proselytizing), with his pledge not to use it for anything forbidden?
Is it permissible for the one entrusted with distributing Zakat funds to take a portion of them for himself, given that he is in need of marriage, completing the construction of his home, and is burdened by debts?
Is it permissible for a woman to take a wage from her mentally ill sister's inheritance in exchange for her care and service, and to spend the remainder on her home and children, and to give charity on behalf of her and her father?
Must an Indonesian student studying in Japan and receiving a scholarship from the state pay Zakat?
Is zakat obligatory on the remaining amount, which is five million Iraqi Dinars, and if so, how much is it?
What is the ruling on purchasing gold from the central bank online if it involves paying fees and a percentage of the gold, while the buyer does not receive a certificate of ownership in case of unavailability?
How should the money be returned in this case: should the same amount be returned in cash, or the value of the grams that were sold?
Is it permissible to give female siblings a portion of the non-fixed return from a saved marriage fund to help them with their trousseau, and is it permissible for the mother to use a portion of this return for household expenses or to buy gold for herself?