Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
I work in Europe and I have money in euros and money in the local currency in my home country. I'm asking about how to calculate the nisab of zakat, in which currency, and in which country should I pay it?
Is it permissible to take a transportation fee from the money designated for charity, which one is entrusted to distribute, without the knowledge of the owner of the money?
A man accidentally ran over a child, so what is incumbent upon him to do? May Allah reward you.
Is a woman who owns a large piece of gold, and a year has passed over it, and she has no money other than her salary, which is sufficient to cover the value of the zakat, obligated to take a loan to pay this zakat?
Is zakat obligatory upon the wife from her own private wealth, even though her husband pays zakat on her behalf, and what should she do if she does not possess private wealth?
Is it permissible to consider stolen money or money that has been denied (withheld) as part of Zakat?
Does Zakat have to be paid on money saved for a son's marriage, from the profits of which the mother and son are supported, knowing that the father does not provide for his needy son?
Does hacking into bank websites and stealing money from them constitute theft that necessitates the Hadd punishment for theft?
What is the method for calculating Zakat on wealth that has reached the nisab, when the date of reaching the nisab has been forgotten? And is Zakat obligatory on money saved for a mother to perform the Hajj obligation? And is it permissible to disburse Zakat in the current country of residence which has a Muslim minority?
How is zakat calculated on circulating shares that may be held for years or continuously sold, and is zakat obligatory on them regardless of the passing of a hawl (a lunar year)?
Is it permissible for a brother to pay Zakat on behalf of his imprisoned brother, and what is the ruling if the imprisoned person does not return the paid amount after his release, and is it permissible to pay on his behalf with the intention of not claiming the money back afterwards?
Is zakat on wealth to be disbursed in the country where the wealth is located, or in the country of residence of the zakat payer? Is it permissible to appoint someone in the country where the wealth is located to disburse it? Is zakat obligatory on a sum of money designated for the wife's dowry and taken by the wife's father as a loan, and is zakat calculated on it along with the rest of the wealth, or upon its recovery?
Is it permissible to give a portion of the inheritance as charity with the intention of it being zakat on behalf of the deceased who did not pay zakat during his lifetime, and would that atone for his negligence?
Is it permissible to discharge the debt of an insolvent debtor and consider it as part of the Zakat funds?
Is it permissible to count the money given to a man who claimed he lost his passport and needed money to return to his country as Zakat, knowing that I intended it as such when I gave him the money?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of 20,0 Egyptian pounds and some gold saved for marriage, and is it necessary to pay it for past years or only for the current year?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal to the wife's relatives in Syria, especially to cover the legal fees of their brother who is unjustly imprisoned, and is this considered among the rightful recipients of Zakat?
Do the following activities (distributing food parcels and blankets, delivering water, building roofs, preparing brides, delivering medical aid) fall under the eight categories of Zakat expenditure when Zakat funds are given to a trustworthy charity that carries out these activities? And is paying Zakat in this manner considered a disbursement of money as required by Sharia, or is it not obligatory to disburse Zakat money in the form of money?
Is zakat due on money lent to a brother? And should the lender or the borrower pay it? And when should it be paid if no date has been set for the repayment of the debt?
What is the amount of zakat due on 21,000 Saudi Riyals, knowing that 9,000 Saudi Riyals of it is a debt, and is zakat obligatory on the money used to purchase the car, and is it permissible to give zakat to the needy married sister and the needy widowed maternal aunt in the questioner's country?
Is it permissible to give a granddaughter from Zakat money for the purpose of marriage?
Is zakat obligatory on collected charity money if a year passes on it?
What is the ruling on performing Friday Prayer at the workplace in Sweden, given that there is no sermon and only two rak'ahs are prayed in congregation, and is the presence of an imam a condition, knowing that it is difficult to leave work to go to the mosque?
Should a mother accept her daughter's gift of gold without her siblings, considering that the Hadith "I do not bear witness to injustice" does not apply to gold, which is neither cultivated nor traded?