ANSWER: If the loan is on the sister and she is forced to pay it off, this is permissible but it is not permissible to pay off an interest loan from zakat especially if it was on someone who is dead. 

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ANSWER: Look for the masjid you go to and whether they have a solution for that. 

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ANSWER: You must fix a day and every hijri year must see what the selling price of gold is on that particular day and give 2.5%

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ANSWER: Yes, he must pay the zakat if it reaches or is more than the nisab. He must get his back up from the couch and work in halal, even if it’s a janitor’s job and earn instead of putting such mental blocks and hurdles in his life!

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ANSWER: If he doesn’t have cash above nisab that’s with him for a whole hijri year nor he has gold (85gms or more) nor silver (595 gms or more) then there is no zakat on him. There is a big difference of monetary value between the nisab amount of gold and nisab amount of silver […]

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