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I own a flat where I live with my family. I have an open land where I thought of building house InShaAllah and give it for rent so that I could have another source of income in future.Do I need to give zakath for this value of open land?

28 Jun

There is no zakat on this land.

i want to know can we pay Zakat to someone who very poor without inform him like this is zakat. i want to pay zakat one of my relative but if i informed him this is zakat money then they will not ready for this.

24 Jun

This is permissible

I paid zakah last year in ramadan i dont remember date. Should I wait until I go homecountry(at end of ramadan) to give it to someone poor or give it to my relative now who can give it to masjid in homecountry or give it here where i live in masjid? I dont know where to find poor muslim here. Also in my homecountry majority are muslim but many of them dont pray.

24 Jun

You can wait and give it to the Muslims In your country but try to select the real Muslims.

i am 20 years old who just graduated , and am unemployed. But i have pocket money which has not been for a year , do i have to pay zakath on pocket money ?

24 Jun

If it completes a Lunar year and it is more than595 grams of silver, this is zakatable.

I live in Sweden and my sister is also live in Sweden, she borrow a loan from bank equal to SEK 1.5 Million and also borrow a house loan SEK 1.7 Million, she has to pay back in monthly installments. She has 300 gram gold and SEK 0.2 Million for her daughter, Is she eligible for Zakat next year ??? She is paying zakat regularly till 2016 but now has a big amount of loans,

24 Jun

If these loans are interest based, this is a major sin. As long as she has the gold and cash at hand, she must give zakat.

If a person has taken credit & not paying as per promise can that money be considered as Zakat money to him & he is relived of his debt?

24 Jun

It is not permissible for the person to drop off a debt on a poor man in exchange for not giving his zakat.

The balance of cash in my bank account increases and decreases each month. Eg: June 12000 ;July 10,000 ;August 11200; September 13,000. If I pay zakah on 10,000 which is balance I have held for whole year. In August 2016 will I need to pay zakah on 1200 (11200-10,000). Since I would have held it for one year. Please explain how to calculate easily.

23 Jun

You should look at the date on the Hijra calendar where you give your zakat and whatever you have on that day, give zakat on it regardless when it came.

Does one have to pay zakat towards the money kept in a bank in savings account for nearly nine months and later on put in Fixed Deposit a/c for the past three months (purely for security purpose only).

12 Jun

Wa alaikumsalam wa rahmatullaahi wa barakatuhu, Any money owned for a year, if it exceeds 595 grams of silver, you must give zakat.

Assalamu alaikum,someone has x dolar wealth or cash and x dolar loan.should she pay zakah?She is not able to pay the loan now.

12 Jun

Wa alaikum salam, She must give the zakat on the cash at hand.

do we have to ask a person wether he does graveworship or shirk etc before giving zakat?is it not allowed to give zakat to shirki muslims?

12 Jun

Assalamu alaikum, No, you must not ask such things