Zakat on Money and Gold
2,114 questions
Is it permissible for the landlord to give his zakat in the form of free housing to the poor tenant, with the intention of deducting the value of this benefit from the amount of zakat due from him?
What is the ruling on Zakat for an apartment purchased with the intention of saving money and renting it out, without the intention of selling it, and is Zakat obligatory on the rental income or on the amount paid as a down payment and installments?
Is Zakat obligatory upon a disbeliever?
Why is zakat not obligatory on a residential house, while it is obligatory on money saved for the first time to buy a house for residence, knowing that it is preferable not to pay zakat on the former?
Is zakat due on new gold purchased after selling old gold that had not been owned for a full year, with an additional sum added to the original amount from the sold gold?
What is the ruling on running away from home to avoid the disclosure of having abandoned Shiism, and is Zakat obligatory on money that has remained for four years in a joint account with the mother, and is money saved by the mother to cover Zakat?
What is the ruling on giving money to the poor out of fear that it will be used for unlawful things, and is it better to give them food instead of money?
Is zakat obligatory on money deposited with an institution supporting youth marriage, which benefactors have endowed for this purpose?
Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Mal (money Zakat) to a person who is in debt and employed, and to an unmarried brother who is newly employed and earns 8000 riyals, for the purpose of marriage?
1. Is Zakat obligatory on white gold (platinum), and is its value the same as the Zakat value of yellow gold? 2. Is the mark that appears on the forehead of some men what is meant by "their mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration," and why does it not appear on everyone? 3. What should be done about the suspicion of jinn in an apartment after seeing strange things? 4. What is the Muslim woman's duty towards what is happening to Muslims from America and the Jews to clear her conscience before Allah?
How is Zakat on money calculated if the questioner has fallen short in paying it for over ten years, and his money has fluctuated between profit and loss in the stock market? Does he pay Zakat on the principal and profits, or on the remaining amount, and what does he owe for the past years?
Does anything remain binding upon the questioner after she took a sum of money from a man, and the man informed her of the obligation of zakat upon it, then she asked to return it to him so he could pay its zakat but she did not find it, so she paid its zakat herself?
Is it permissible to return stolen money by putting it in the Zakat fund?
Is Zakat obligatory on money that has reached the Nisab, with an increase that does not amount to the Nisab?
Is Zakat obligatory on money collected to help a brother pay off his debt, if a Hawl (lunar year) has passed over it?
Is it permissible to pay an artisan a sum for the manufacture of an ornament, with the remainder to be paid upon completion, knowing that the initial sum paid is not used to purchase gold?
Does a daughter's money revert to her parents like a son's money, and is she obligated to spend on them similarly? Does a husband have a right to his wife's money for her to spend as she wishes? Should a wife obey her husband if he forbids her from spending on her parents? If the parents are poor and the wife has no money, is her husband obligated to spend on them?
Is zakat obligatory on money endowed for the poor and needy?
Is zakat obligatory on a plot of land purchased with the intention of trading or building on it in the future, and how is its zakat calculated? Is the annual method of distributing zakat, which includes evaluating assets such as a taxi, bank interest, the wife’s [gold] network, and distributing it to the poor, relatives, and charitable projects, correct?
Is it permissible to use the full balance on a car wash card that was purchased for less than its stored value, or is it obligatory to limit oneself to the amount paid at the time of purchase, knowing the difficulty of remembering the original amounts spent?
Is it permissible for expatriates to send their Zakat money to their home countries, given the presence of poor and needy people in their countries of residence?
Is the zakat nisab for money, based on 85 grams of pure gold, calculated at the price of gold including the average price of tax and workmanship according to the market price in each country, or at its net price without including tax and workmanship?
How is the zakat calculated on funds deposited in joint accounts of children between spouses, especially since the wife added her husband's money to hers, and it is no longer possible to determine each one's share?
Is it permissible to give zakat to employed children, and if not, what should the son do if his father forces him to take it?