Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is it permissible to pay the expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yameen) as stipulated in verse 89 of Surat Al-Ma'idah by sending money to a charity for feeding ten needy people, knowing that the money will reach the needy in full? And who is the poor person (faqir) or the needy person (miskin) who deserves to be fed?
Does the loan a mother gives her son to buy an apartment fall under the ruling of usury, given her knowledge that the son will spend on her from his own money after she moves to live with him in this apartment? Is zakat obligatory on the mother for this loan? And is it permissible for the son to pay zakat on her behalf from his own money?
How is the zakat calculated for an amount saved in a company that deducts a portion of the salary and saves an equivalent amount, with the possibility of withdrawing certain percentages of it after specific periods, and is zakat obligatory on it if the law does not allow its withdrawal except as a loan to be repaid from the salary?
Is it obligatory to deduct due taxes when calculating the zakat on shares for the past three years, and how is zakat calculated on financial options contracts?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a woman who, by hitting her pregnant sister-in-law, caused the abortion of her fetus in the ninth month?
Is it permissible to postpone the payment of debts for which Zakat has been collected, and to use the money to purchase other necessities?
Is it permissible for a wife to take money from the house without her husband's knowledge to complete the price of her jewelry, which the husband had previously taken, if the agreed-upon amount was much less than the value of the jewelry?
Is it permissible for a teacher in a village to take olive oil from the residents if he does not know whether it is zakat or a gift, and is it permissible for him to take it if it is zakat?
Is Zakat due on money saved from a monthly allowance sent by the father, and upon which a year has passed?
Is it permissible for children to pay the zakat on money and gold on behalf of their sick, bedridden mother, without her knowledge, after she has fallen short in paying it for years?
Is it permissible for a poor retiree who is unable to work to deposit his money in a bank to obtain a monthly income, and is Zakat obligatory on these funds if the income barely covers the necessities of life and he may have to draw from the principal?
Is it permissible to give zakat money to a married sister whose husband is stingy and does not spend on her, especially since she supports herself and her children and is in need of money to complete her education?
What is the ruling concerning profits generated from a sum of money that was frozen in the form of gold, knowing that the transactions were deferred and not hand-to-hand? And what about the previous profits that were spent, some of which were given as charity?
Does the amount of blood money (Diyya) for unintentional killing (Qatl al-Khata') or semi-intentional killing (Qatl Shibh al-'Amd) depend on the place where the killing occurred, or the residence of the victim's family, or the residence of the killer, taking into account the killer's travel and his issuance of the order to kill from another country?
Is it permissible to give the sum of a vow (nazr) designated for the poor and needy to a poor young man who cannot afford the expenses of marriage?
Does the Zakat that the father paid in advance from the joint account count as Zakat for the mother's money, given that the due date for Zakat was after his death?
Is it permissible to give an indebted brother from zakat money?
Is it permissible to use Zakat money to pay for the visa and travel ticket expenses of the husband without informing him, given that he is in debt and intends to visit his wife and children in another country?
What is the nisab for Zakat on banknotes, and is its nisab estimated based on the nisab of gold or silver?
Is it permissible for a man to pay the Zakat on his wealth to his daughter's husband, who is a salaried employee with a low income and whose children are studying in foreign universities?
Is it permissible to give one's parents zakat money, given that the questioner is a woman, and is she obligated to spend on them, and what is the scholars' evidence for the impermissibility of giving zakat to ascendants or descendants?
Is it permissible to pay part of zakat al-mal (money zakat) to purchase oxygen cylinders for coronavirus patients, given the crisis in their availability?
Is it permissible to give zakat to a married brother who sometimes asks for money to cover his household expenses, and to another unemployed brother who lives with his retired mother? And is it obligatory to pay zakat again if it becomes clear that it was not permissible to give it to them in previous years?
What are the consequences of dissolving this partnership, and what are the best ways to dissolve it? Am I entitled to complete the project on my own, or to divide the clients I have acquired? Or is it better to abandon the project entirely? Is his action of spreading the word that he is the one deserving of credit correct? And what kind of partnership is this?