A few of my friends with some other people in their university are fundraising to provide water and sanitation to the rohynga in our country.They are also trying to build a mosque for them(I dont know if there will be any bidah or not committed in that mosque).The funds are combined.Can the money of zakah be sent to them.

Zakat
02 Oct

Zakat money must not be used to build masjids or dig wells.

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Ya shaykh when I was 18 years old I worked and earned £4,800 yearly for seven years between 1987-1994. I don’t remember paying zakat so what should I do?

Zakat
29 Sep

You must estimate the amount of zakat owed and pay it immediately.

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Sheikh the government takes alot of tax from us, the amount we pay is a very large proportion of our sales and profits, do we still have to pay zakat or is it included in the tax, as the tax amount is used on the poor or the running of the country?

Zakat
18 Sep

You still have to pay zakat if you have savings that exceed the threshold.

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My husband is eligible to receive zakat (he has no income) and I want to give him my zakat. If he keeps the zakat cash that I gave him at home and I spend out of it for me or our child, is it wrong? Usually he comes home late and I can go out (with my husband’s permission) and get our necessities whenever I need it easily.

Zakat
24 Aug

You can give zakat for your husband, providing you give it to him cash in his hand to possess.

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Please can you tell me if it is allowed to buy gold from the zakat money to give to a poor person’s marriage in India.

Zakat
21 Aug

No, zakat money must be given in cash unless the poor or needy authorizes it.

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Shiekh how to calculate unpaid zakaat on gold where the date of purchasing is not known and its purchased on different dates. What if the zakaat is more than my income, can I pay from my monthly salary for 1 or 2 years every month. Can it be given to same person every month?

Zakat
02 Aug

You must estimate on the date and pay zakat on every year that you’ve had it in your possession for over one lunar year if it reached the nisab level. It must be given to a poor and needy Muslim in the form of cash. If you don’t have cash to pay it, you must […]

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Is it true? Wealth that is being saved to get married, to build a home or for other purposes is subject to zakaah if it reaches the nisaab and one full year has passed, whether it is gold, silver or cash, because of the general meaning of the evidence which indicates that zakaah is obligatory on that which reaches the nisaab and one full year has passed, with no exceptions.

Zakat
26 Jul

Yes

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Can we pay zakat money for water related issues. Like putting a pipeline in the house etc

Zakat
14 Jul

No you cannot. Give it directly to the poor and needy in cash.

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shall spending money to donate an alluminium dead body carrier in a local mosque be considered as giving zakat (believing it as giving to fi sabilillah,a category of zakat fund)?

Zakat
07 Jul

No, this is not one of the zakat recipients.

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My maid and worker gets bonus on 2 Eid from me. My question is …. can I give this bonus amount as zakat ? Thanks in advance ..

Zakat
04 Jul

If this bonus is mentioned in the contract, this is not permissible. It is also not permissible to give them zakat unless they are poor or needy!

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