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.
Read moreANSWER: Look for the masjid you go to and whether they have a solution for that.
Read moreANSWER: If this money reaches the nisab then yes, you must pay zakat on it, whether it’s your hard earned money or gift.
Read moreANSWER: 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%
Read moreANSWER: Zakat is what Allah obligated upon those who have wealth that exceed the threshold. This has nothing to do with how much taxes you are paying.
Read moreANSWER: 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!
Read moreANSWER: You can combine gold with cash or silver with cash but not gold with silver.
Read moreANSWER: This money belongs to the tenants and they are obliged to give zakat on it.
Read moreANSWER: He has no right in asking for such a thing as he paid it as a gift and not as a loan. The prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said: the one who goes back on his gift is like a dog that vomits and then eats back its own vomit!
Read moreANSWER: 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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