This question is from my sister ,she was giving zakaat in ramadaan, some people money and to some people clothes and a big bag of grocery items like rice lentils wheat oil .so my question is it right way of giving zakat or not? if not then how we should give zakaat only in money ? Please answer my question .

Zakat
02 May

Zakat must only be given in form of money to the poor and needy.

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we have some cash in our account for which we did not pay zakah it just went out of our mind Alhamdulillah rest zakah we use to pay correctly.but my question is should we have to pay from now or from past years.

Zakat
01 May

If the money you had in the past, was “zakatable”, you must pay for the past years too.

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Recently , I read your post about deobandies Sec , we give our Zakhat to one of Madras , darulaloom in Remote area in kashmir, all children thre are orphans . So our Zakakhat amount goes to their food supplies. I got confused now,as you mentioned that they are also source of innovation in Islamic Should I continue to give them Zakhat.

Zakat
28 Apr

If the money is going to feed orphans, this is permissible. But if it is spent to teach them their cult, this isn’t permissible.

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If my mother is refusing to pay zakaat on a gold bangle she has, can I pay it on her behalf?

Zakat
26 Apr

No, this does not count without her permission and authorization.

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I have gold and cash in bank as assets.. I work in foreign country and pay annual rent for house i am living and also pay bank loan instalment monthly for the house i bought in my home country…can i deduct these liabilities from my asests and calculate zakah.

Zakat
25 Apr

No, you cannot do that. You must pay zakat on whatever money you possess, regardless of any debts or loans you are paying off.

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I have purchased a house and a land on installment.4 installments are still due.I did not purchased it for buying and selling.I did this for my kids or if i have some need for my kid education or something i will sell this.Do i need to pay zakat on it?

Zakat
25 Apr

There is no zakat on this.

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I want to know if I can give my zakat (without mentioning it’s zakat) to my husband who is jobless and has no income. We live off his father’s income. I would like for my husband to use the zakat to help pay electricity bills, etc. So please tell me if this is permissible.

Zakat
23 Apr

If he is classified as poor or needy, this is permissible.

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I want to know if I can give my zakat (without mentioning it’s zakat) to my husband who is jobless and has no income. We live off his father’s income. I would like for my husband to use the zakat to help pay electricity bills, etc. So please tell me if this is permissible.

Zakat
23 Apr

If he is classified as poor or needy, this is permissible.

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My question is that if one needs to pay Zakat on the Property (plots, non agricultural land etc.) which is purchased for the intention of investment? e.g. I purchased a plot for X mount and then for next 5 years it remains with me so during all these years do i have to pay Zakat on this plot value?

Zakat
15 Apr

If you bought it to sell it and it is displayed for sale so that you can sell it and buy another one and so on, the answer is yes: you must give zakat for every year that had passed, according to the market price at each year.

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i have money that goes up and down each month. never the same amount. also i have no job, but alhmdullah my father helps me out until i get back on my feet. do i pay zakaah? how do i calculate it? please advise

Zakat
11 Apr

The zakat is given in the savings that exceed the threshold which one possesses for a lunar year. If you do not have any savings (or gold and silver) as such, there is no zakat for you.

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