My Mother put her house for sale on january 2018 and sold the house on February 2018 and kept the money. She now lives with me. She pays her regular zakah every Ramadan. So my question is: does she pay the zakah on the money she got from her house this Ramadan or the next year´s Ramadan?

Zakat
08 Apr

ANSWER: There is Zakat on it if it finishes one lunar year from the day displayed till the day the new House was bought. For example, if you displayed it for sale on 1st of Muharram and it was sold in Ramadan and you kept the money till the following Muharram,  you must give zakat. But if you bought the new house before it finished a lunar year, […]

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Am I obliged to tell the person to whom I’m paying zakat that it is zakat money?

Zakat
26 Mar

ANSWER: There is no need.

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i havr to repay a loan from bank and hence i have done some saving,example 100,000 amongst which i have 40,000 saving.so am i liable to pay zakat from 40,000 and salary or only only from my salary/jwlry,etc?

Zakat
25 Mar

ANSWER: You must give zakat on the gold which is above 85 grams of gold. You give 2.5% on any cash you have had in your possession for over one lunar year whether it is yours or it is a loan!  

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I have two sons who are still small(not reached age of puberty). If I take few ornaments of gold from my Jewellery and put it aside in the locker for their future studies or marriage, and I don’t use it at all, then do I have to pay zakath for the same?

Zakat
20 Mar

ANSWER: Yes.  https://youtu.be/iGjpG08SLWI

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I am having gold which is above nisab level( given by my inlaws) but i dont have income atleast to run my family. I gather amount from my family so that i can fulfil basic needs and beyond that my parents have to help me. now what is my option in giving zakath

Zakat
20 Mar

ANSWER: If you are a woman, you must give zakat on the gold you have even if you have to sell some of it.

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Do we need to pay zakat on jewellery which is used 2 to 3 times a year only – for big occasions.

Zakat
19 Mar

ANSWER: Yes if it reaches the nisab. https://youtu.be/iGjpG08SLWI  

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Why is there no Zakah on pearls and diamonds?

Zakat
22 Feb

ANSWER: Because Allah mandated that zakat is due only on gold, silver and cash. If you are trading in them, there is zakat. 

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I am fron Bangladesh. Here in Bangladesh, madrasa (school for islamic teaching) are mostly run by peoples donation and mostly the orphan and the child from poor background go there. Can i donate my Jakat money to a madrasa or it must be given to the poor peoples hand.

Zakat
13 Feb

ANSWER: Zakat must be given in cash to poor and needy Muslims and they do with it what pleases them. 

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Shaeikh, say in 2016 one had 100K in the bank and paid Zakat, 2.5% and in 2017 now is 120K, shall one pay ZAKAT for the whole sum or for the 20 extra

Zakat
24 Jan

ANSWER: You have to pay Zakat for the whole amount and this is every year. 

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Zakat on plot bought on installments on which payment is still due – Sheikh Assim Al Hakeem

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