Zakat

QUESTION: ‎Last year, I got to know that Fitrana shouldn’t be given as money. My family gives it on my behalf every year as money. However, it is such a small amount that I can surely give it out of my pocket money or the eid money I get as advance. This year, it was the same. Should I make it up for every year since becoming an adult or only the last year and this one?

Zakat

25 May

ANSWER: No need to give for the past years. From next year you should give zakat ul fitr yourself if they insist on paying the money.

QUESTION: If the monetary value of (gold) or of (gold+cash) or of (gold+silver+cash) passes the silver nisab but not the gold nisab then do we pay zakah? Or is the silver nisab limited to only if (silver) or (silver+cash) passes it?

Zakat

08 May

ANSWER: If the cash + silver reaches the value of 595 grams of silver, or the cash alone, you must give zakat on it. Similarly, if the cash + gold reach the value of 85 grams of pure gold, there is zakat on it.

QUESTION: If I give Zakath to a person and that person distributes it on monthly basis, is this permissible ?

Zakat

01 May

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible. You must instruct him to give it away to poor and needy Muslims on the day your zakat is due (a few days of delay is fine, but not more than that) If you want to give it on a monthly basis you can give next year’s zakat in […]

QUESTION: Does zakat apply to women’s own earnings?

Zakat

05 Mar

ANSWER: Of course, it does. Each and every individual is responsible for his / her own zakat! The threshold (nisab) of money is the value of 595 grams of silver. You try and set a date and on that day, you calculate how much you have and give 2.5% in zakat. Every lunar year, you […]

QUESTION: I calculate zakat once year and this year I’m below the silver nisab due to the silver price hike. Do i now recheck and pay next year or as soon as price rises and I’m over the nisab

Zakat

03 Mar

ANSWER: You are not obliged to give zakat as you don’t have the nisab. Once you reach the nisab, this is when you start counting for a lunar year to give your zakat after one year.

QUESTION: If the borrower is wealthy and is using the saved money of the lender and also wants to pay zakat on it with his own money, will this be against the rules of zakat as the lender (owner) is the one obliged to pay?

Zakat

16 Feb

ANSWER: The lender must pay the zakat over his money which he had willingly given to someone else. The borrower must also pay zakat if the money is in his possession and a whole year passed on it.

QUESTION: Sheikh my husband delays paying my zakah by a few months. What should I do Sheikh?

Zakat

06 Feb

ANSWER: You are obliged to pay it yourself on time and are sinful if it gets delayed.

QUESTION: I had $30,000 in Jan 2025. In Jan 2026, I have $1000 on hand. I used $20,000 to buy silver and gold bars as investment and 10,000 dollars I gave as a loan. I also own two gold necklaces weighing 8gms all, for personal use. I did earn more throughout the year but I spent that for my basic needs, food, clothing and shelter. What amount should I pay Zakat on this year? I am very confused.

Zakat

04 Feb

ANSWER: You must give zakat on whatever cash you have in your possession now and all the gold, even the gold that you wear (if it reaches the nisab of 85 gms or more) and all the investments. The date of zakat doesn’t change just because you turned some of the cash into investments. You […]

QUESTION: A woman’s father In law was paying her Gold zakat for last 15yrs but recently she came to know that he had stopped paying her Gold zakat 10yrs back and he didn’t inform her so now after knowing should the woman pay zakat of all the past 10yrs or only should she pay from this year only as she was unaware of this?

Zakat

20 Jan

ANSWER: Of course she must pay the zakat of past 10 years as she’s the owner of that gold & its her responsibility and not anyone else’s.

QUESTION: Is it permissible to give my Zakat-Ul- Fitr in an area where I don’t live , for example my wife’s hometown?

Zakat

11 Jan

ANSWER: No problem, however it’s best to give it to the poor and needy Muslims where you live.

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