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Paying Zakah on money collected for the purpose of medical treatment
My son is sick and I want to treat him. I work as an employee in a company. I collected money for him by saving from my salary. Moreover, the company sent me on a course for a month so I earned remuneration for this course. A lunar year elapsed on the money I collected and it reached the Nisaab (i.e. minimum amount liable to Zakaah). I obtained the.. More
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He paid Zakah for the interests from a usurious bank
My wealth was deposited in a usurious bank. When I knew that this constitutes usury, I decided to withdraw it from the bank, get rid of the interest in charity and deposit the capital in an Islamic bank. What I want to ask about is: throughout the past ten years, I used to pay the Zakaah from my salary (which is lawfully earned) for the total value.. More
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Zakah on public money
Is Zakaah due on state funds and the money of banks and the companies owned by banks?.. More
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Is Zakah due on the property of a charitable organization?
We are a group of youth and we have established a charitable organization to aid the poor and needy among us, and anyone befallen by a calamity. If we have a good amount of money in the organization, is it due on us to give Zakaah from that money if a lunar year has elapsed upon it? Please advise me. May Allaah Reward you... More
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Zakat due on money after buying property through verbal agreement
ASAK. I have a question on Zakat money which I hope you can answer as a matter of urgency, as I may be overdue on making zakat payment. Last year I paid the Zakat in the month it was due (which happened to be during Ramadan) for year ending year 2011. The amount paid there is all fine with me. Then during the next year, ie for this year up to.. More
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Delayed Zakah payment on piece of land and built a house on it to live in it
Assalamu Alaikum. I purchased a land about 2 years ago and not paid zakat on the land value. Now, I have sold the land and from the appreciated value of the land, i have started constructing "home" (this is my first home to live). Should I pay zakath on the sold land or not since I am using the money to build a home for my family and not investing in.. More
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He and his wife used to pay Zakah on their money together
As Salam alaikum, My question is regarding Zakat. We normally calculate total belongings of ours, i.e, myself and my wife, as from the beginning we have not kept things separately, hence zakat on total possessions. And alhamdulilah we have been paying our zakat every year. Now, I have a govt interest free student loan, do I need to pay the zakat.. More
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Zakah on money prepared for the construction of house
Question about Zakat I am constructing a house which initially I intended to give on Rent. Recently my wife and children have relocated to the same Area and due to security reasons I am not planning put them in new house under construction. Instead, I have rented one portion of my brother in Law house in the same Area as he will take care of them... More
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Zakah on money spent on constructing a house
As-salamu alaikum wa-rahmatullah wa-barakautallah 1. I spend money from my monthly salary to build house for rent. End of the year I have no balance. But if I do not build house I must have enough money for Zakat. Now I have pay Zakat of this money or not ? 2. I took loan from End-of-Service fund for build house for rent. But this money I can not.. More
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Zakat on money of the child
Assalaamualaikum. Is zakaat due upon children who have been receving gifts of money and jewellery since birth or have inherited wealth? If not at what age do children pay zakaat and if children are not of legal age (which is 18 yrs in my country - Trinidad and Tobago) to conduct financial dealings can their parents do the needful on their behalf?.. More
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Zakat on end of service benefit
I'm working here in saudi arabia for 19 yrs.If I'll exit for good,and the company give my end of service benefit,will I pay zakat the moment I receive the amount which above the nisab or I'll wait for a year to pass and pay the zakat?.. More
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Debt may not prevent one from paying Zakah
Dear Brothers in Islam Assalam u alaikum i have read many fatwas on Zakaah but could not find answer to my question in any of them, please answer the below question of mine. i have bought a flat by taking a loan from an islamic bank, now i owe the bank about 500,000 Dhs which i have to pay them back in 4 years. i have given the flat on rent from which.. More
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Neither husband nor wife has to pay Zakah due on the other
Assalaamu alaikum, A sister from our forums is asking the following question. We hope that you will be to answer it: "If a person owns a small amount of jewelry (a couple hundred dollars worth), and the same person has thousands of dollars of debt (owed from before accepting Islam), and the person doesn't have any wealth that has been sitting for 1.. More
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Zakah on the installments paid in a life insurance policy
Dear Scholar – Asslam alaikum, I have a life insurance policy in India, lately only I came to know that it is forbidden and until now I am paying the premium. Now my question is that should I every year pay zakah for whatever the premium I made until then, as it is like a saving Jazzakumullahu khairan .. More
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Calculating Nisaab for Zakat by an international standard
Is the Nisaab of Zakaat different for different countries? Should it be the same for a person of Somalia where most of the country is below the UN established poverty line and for Switzerland, where hardly anyone is below the poverty line? The Nisaab set by Mohammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, for the camel, the goats and the gold, all were.. More
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