Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
What is the minimum amount of money or property that makes a Muslim in America eligible for zakat funds? Is it permissible to consider new Muslims in American prisons as recipients of zakat? Is it permissible for a mosque to use charity funds to pay someone's utility bills?
Is zakat due for two years prior to the distribution of the inheritance, given that the deceased was unable to dispose of the money during those two years?
Is Zakat obligatory on the remaining money that a father gave for study and living expenses if a Hawl (lunar year) passes over it, knowing that it may not be enough to complete the study and the student will need more?
Is it permissible to combine the joint assets and gold of spouses and pay Zakat on them by dividing the total amount by forty?
Is the zakat threshold determined by multiplying the price of one gram of 24-carat gold by 85? Is zakat due on funds that reach the threshold on the 4th of Rajab each year, even with monthly increases in the money? What is the zakat due date for gold purchased in Sha'ban?
Is it obligatory to pay off due debts before paying the obligatory Zakat, and what is the ruling on paying part of the Zakat if the full amount is not available, and is Zakat calculated on money from which debts have been paid, and is Zakat paid on the money at its price and value at the time Zakat became due or at the time it is paid, and is Zakat obligatory on real estate installments paid before ownership, and is it permissible to give Zakat to a needy brother and his children?
Is it obligatory to return the increase to the brother, paid as the price for gold, after the questioner learned that delaying the payment for gold beyond the time of sale is considered usury, knowing that the brother has already disposed of the gold he bought?
Is it permissible to take a gold ring from one's sister and sell it, with the intention of paying its price back later, due to a need for money and the unavailability of sufficient expenses?
What is the ruling on money acquired from selling foreign currency for Algerian dinars, where the receipt of one of the two عوضين (countervalues) was delayed, and do the mentioned justifications for the delay prevent falling into riba al-nasiah (usury of delay)? What must be done if this usury occurs?
What is the nisab for zakat on money, and is zakat obligatory on a debt that is due but has no specified repayment date?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of $700 if it is a debt owed by one's mother and brother, and if this money remains stagnant without increase or decrease, or with a decrease, knowing that the nisab in dollars is unknown?
Is zakat obligatory on an amount of ten thousand riyals, of which 500 riyals remain after purchasing household items, then the amount returns to ten thousand after receiving the salary?
Is Zakat obligatory on a certified check for purchasing a house, the ownership of which was not transferred until two months later due to procedures related to a minor heir, knowing that the total duration of the money exceeds the Hawl (one lunar year) after the transfer of ownership?
Is Zakat obligatory on a vacant plot of land designated for sale, purchased eight years ago? And is it obligatory to pay Zakat for each past year? And what is incumbent upon the owner if he is unable to pay Zakat for the previous period?
Should Zakat al-Mal be given directly to the debtors or to the creditor?
What is the ruling of Sharia on the inheritance of the paternal aunt that was relinquished 30 years ago, which she is now demanding to restore, despite the waiver being documented with a trust receipt that was not cashed, and the rest of the inheritance having been divided among the heirs by mutual consent?
Is the work of a gold distributor who sells crafted gold and receives the manufacturing cost in cash, while delaying the receipt or payment of the value of the gold itself from some merchants, considered usury (riba)? And what is advised to avoid that if it is unlawful?
Is it permissible to pay Zakat on money with a certified check deposited into the Zakat Fund's bank account due to a lack of liquidity and limited available withdrawals?
Is zakat due on money saved for children in a bank account, upon which a year has passed?
Is zakat obligatory on money traded, and at what stage of its circulation, and how much is the amount to be zakat on, noting that zakat is paid in Ramadan?
How is zakat paid on private company shares that are not for sale? What is the ruling on delaying and accumulating its zakat? Is it permissible to pay zakat from the value of the shares after selling them? And is previously paid zakat deducted?
Is it permissible for a woman to sell her zakat-eligible gold, most of which was bought by her father, and donate its price to her poor brother, and is she required to seek her husband's permission for that?
Is it permissible for a stepfather to give his gold zakat to his poor stepchildren, knowing that he provides for the household, and that the children need money to obtain identification documents?
Is it obligatory to pay the zakat on gold for past years, concerning which there is doubt about the method of calculation, in addition to the zakat for the current year, in order to absolve the deceased?