Can zakat be paid irrespective of Muslims or Non-Muslims to an organisation or orphanage dealing with mentally and physically disable children and people.

Zakat
05 May

ANSWER: This is not permissible. Zakat must be given in the form of cash to the poor and needy Muslims to do with as they please.

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Can we give zakat money to dawa centres, if not why dawa Centre people asking for zakat. They had Islamic knowledge still why they saying zakats are taken

Zakat
28 Apr

ANSWER: I believe that this is not one of the 8 categories of zakat.

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I want to know if I can pay zakat to my mother in law for her expenses, my husband does not have savings to take care of any major expense of his mother. Her elder son too cannot pay for her and I am not sure if he can afford or not. I work and can pay but can it be considered as zakat, she is my maternal aunt also. Please advise.

Zakat
25 Apr

ANSWER: No problem in giving your zakat to her if she’s classified as poor or needy but if she’s not poor or needy then this is not permissible. 

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my husband is earning well and is looking after his family parents siblings wife But he is in debt. It will take much time for him to repay his debt and there are lots of expenses in upcoming days. I have gold and i have to pay its zakat. My question is can i sell my gold and give my husband zakat money to pay off his debt? Because that money will be solely used to repay loan

Zakat
22 Apr

ANSWER: Not every one with debt can receive zakat. If I buy a mansion and a fancy sports car in installments, I am not legible for zakat. If your husband is poor or needy, you can give him from your zakat money. Otherwise, this is not permissible. 

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A sister has taken a loan from the bank by keeping her gold jewelry as a mortgage. Does she has to pay zakah on this mortgaged gold?

Riba, Zakat
22 Apr

ANSWER: It is prohibited to take interest based loan from a bank. The gold and silver kept with the bank as mortgage is still zakatable.

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Some money was being collected as Sadaqah for a brother. I committed to an amount to the one who was collecting, and he paid the amount to the brother (Money still with me).Later it was told to us that the brother is eligible for Zakah. Can I ‘change’ my intention to have this counted as Zakah from me, coz earlier I didn’t have this intention as we didn’t know.

Zakat
22 Apr

ANSWER: No this is not permissible. You cannot change the intention now, intention should have been prior to commitment. 

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Is it permissable to use zakath money to build a well to obtain water for a rural community as an ongoing charity.

Zakat
21 Apr

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible.  Zakat must be given in cash to poor and needy Muslims and they will do whatever they want with it. 

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I’ve been working as a freelancer since 2011 neither I know to pay zakat on money nor I remember how much money I had by end of every past year but after 2017 I have money in bank by end of year and I decided in 2018 to pay zakat on my money in 2019 around august.so as far i do not remember the past years in which i dont remember my money what should I do for years before 2017.Im afraid now

Zakat
18 Apr

ANSWER: You must look at all the bank statements of these past years and must pay zakat for all these years if the savings reached or was above nisab and you must repent sincerely to Allah as zakat is one of the pillars of Islam and you cannot be so easy about not fulfilling this […]

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I have cash that has reached nisaab level and zakaat will soon be due on it. In addition to this, my wife has gold jewellery. Should the monetary amount of this jewellery be added to the cash I have before I calculate the total zakaat due?

Zakat
02 Apr

ANSWER: Your wife’s gold belongs to her. She is obliged to pay it once her zakat is due providing it reaches the nisab. If you want to unite both zakat date and pay one earlier than the other, this is permissible but you need your wife’s prior authorization to you for that.

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Sheikh the nisab amount for silver is equivalent to £239. If a child has £600 in savings since 2013, and then in 2015 they reach the age of puberty, is the zakat due to paid straight away as the possessed the savings for years, or do they wait one year then pay the zakat?

Zakat
01 Apr

ANSWER: Zakat is due on the savings regardless whether the owner is a child or has reached the age of puberty.

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