After calculating my due zakat every year,can i gather this calculated zakah of 3 years in order to make it a handsome amount and give it to needy family at one time only so that this amount can serve the family a purpose to marry their daughter?

Zakat
26 Mar

ANSWER: This is absolutely not permissible.  You must give the zakat as soon as the time is due. A delay of a couple of days is ok but it’s not permissible at all what you mentioned. You can pay your zakat in advance for a year or two but not delay it! 

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Zakat on my Investment which is stuck up and I cannot retrieve it at the moment – Assim Al Hakeem

Videos, Zakat
20 Mar

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Can i give zakat on my paper money on the value of gold instead of silver.If no,& i must give on the value of silver then i dont knw whether 1 hijri year has already completed on my paper money on value of silver.One thing i can say is tht the money is already above the nisab of silver.If u say give zakat on paper money on nisab of gold then i dont hve tht amount yet.It will be easy for me then.

Zakat
15 Mar

ANSWER: Zakat must be given on paper money on the value of silver if you possess it for a whole lunar year! 

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Should i give zakat on my paper money on the nisaab of GOLD or SILVER,if gold than 18,22,or 24 karat gold which one?If silver than my money is way above the nisab of silver?I dont knw whether 1 hijri year on it is full on it or not?Can i choose gold?

Zakat
11 Mar

ANSWER: The zakat on gold is when it reaches 85 grams of 24 carat. The value of the cash money is measured through the value of silver which the minimum of it must be 595 grams of silver or more.

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Zakat on Investment Amount or on Returns (Capital or Profit)? – Sheikh Assim Al Hakeem

Articles, Q&A/Fatwas, Videos, Zakat
06 Mar

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I stopped wearing a gold necklace I used to wear everyday and put it aside for two years or so. I recently remembered about this and I am wondering how it will affect in the calculation of zakah.

Zakat
24 Feb

ANSWER: Your wearing or not wearing does not exclude it from the zakat. If you have gold above the threshold and one lunar year has passed over it then the gold is zakatable. If you gave your zakat on gold but forgot to include this one, you must give it now for the past two […]

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My question is that zakat is on savings of a year or of all time?Like if I saved 1000 dollars last year and 1000 this year so Zakat will be on on 1000 dollars or the 2000 dollars combined as someone told me it is not on last year’s savings

Zakat
22 Feb

ANSWER: What he has said is totally wrong.  The zakat in on all your savings, 2000 in this case. 

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My Zakat for 2018 was due in December. But forgot the exact date. So I paid on a date that I felt was closest to the actual date. I want to know, for zakat of 2019, what date do I select?

Zakat
10 Jan

ANSWER: It is not permissible to give it on Gregorian months. You must give it on Hijra calendar.  

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Shiekh, can I pay Zakat in advance to a patient who seeks finnancial assistance for Heartbypass surgery and deduct the amount from the Zakat Payable amount at the time of calculation in the month of Ramadan.

Zakat
10 Jan

ANSWER: This is permissible, and zakat money must be given in cash.

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Seikh if we give some charity to some one somtime for the sake of allah At the end can we count them az our zakat like Our zakat to pay is 100£ So can we say that i gave to ahmad 50£ As a charity that is way a count that charity in my zakt and give 50£ zakat

Zakat
24 Dec

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible.  The intention of zakat must be before giving it and not after. 

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