Zakat

QUESTION: Can I intentionally buy gold in the month of Ramadan so that I can give its zakat during Ramadan?There r many poor & needy people in my family, & I would like to help them fulfill their needs during Ramadan & have some money for Eid. Without zakat money,may be I would not have enough money to give them that much support.

Zakat

02 Oct

ANSWER: The zakat date doesn’t change when you buy gold! Your zakat date for the gold remains the same as your cash zakat date as it was bought with that cash.

QUESTION: Can i give “charity” to a brother who is in debt with multiple riba loan from bank and who is poor. Also how about Zakaath. May i give zakaath aswell to him?

Charity, Loans, Riba, Zakat

04 Sep

ANSWER: It is not permissible to help people with riba based loans as this would encourage them to pay off these debts and apply for more, knowing that people like you will keep on helping them.

QUESTION: My mother understood last year in August (Rabi Al awwal) that she needs to give zakat but she was unsure about certain things and gave the zakat in January (Rajab) does she give now zakat next rajab or in rabi al awwal

Zakat

29 Jul

ANSWER: Whenever the zakat was first due and not when she had paid it as she may have delayed it purposely for few months.

QUESTION: In order to pay my zakat to another country I have to pay additional bank charges along with gst or taxes which is high so can I give this extra charges along with my zakat money

Zakat

19 Jul

ANSWER: Your zakat is a fixed amount. Whatever is needed to give it to the people who are needy and deserving, this extra amount must not be counted from the zakat amount and you must pay that in addition to your zakat.

QUESTION: I gave zakat to a friend in Bangladesh to distribute. He stated he used some of it to build a hand pump for people in a village who have to work miles for water. Is this allowed? I did not ask for this or have my name on pump

Zakat

16 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible and the zakat is not valid. This would be considered as voluntary charity and you must pay that much amount again to complete your zakat money. Zakat should be given in cash to poor & needy Muslims in their hands for them to do whatever they want with it.

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.

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