Zakat

QUESTION: When moving from KSA six years ago, we set aside 5,000 SAR for Umrah and plan to go once we add more. Is Zakat due on this amount?

Zakat

25 Feb

ANSWER: Yes

QUESTION: I am giving Zakat to a Charitable Trust (run by Muslims) who is collecting Zakat & giving it as an Educational scholarship only to the verified poor or needy muslim students studying in school or college throughout the country. Is my Zakat accepted?

Zakat

12 Feb

ANSWER: This is not permissible You should give zakat in cash to poor and needy Muslims in their hands for them to do whatever they want to do with it.

QUESTION: Can we feed animals using Zakat money? And will the Zakat be paid through that?

Zakat

03 Oct

ANSWER: The animals are not one of the 8 categories mentioned in 9:60 (Quran) and hence this is invalid.

QUESTION: If i have gold on which zakat is applicable, what if i share some gold with my mother and keep half for myself, do i still have to pay for my gold?

Zakat

18 Aug

ANSWER: If its your gold, you must pay zakat on it! If you GIFT half gold to your mother, she would own it and not you anymore! Don’t try to trick or play with Allah’s rules!

QUESTION: Can we give zakat money for the madrasa hifz students for their fee, if they are claiming that they are eligible for zakah

Zakat

12 Aug

ANSWER: This is not permissible.

QUESTION: My father-in-law – wife’s father and husband of my maternal aunt, needed an urgent medical surgery which he couldn’t afford due to his financial condition. He has a home where he lives but no sellable property or savings. He lives on monthly pension money from Govt. job. Alhamdulillah, I was able to pay his medical treatment cost. Can I count this as Advance Zakat for my next Zakat year?

Zakat

07 Jul

ANSWER: This doesn’t count from zakat if you didn’t have that prior intention before paying it off

QUESTION: Do I pay zakat on a gift card that has money on it?

Zakat

23 Jun

ANSWER: If it reaches the threshold by itself and you possess it for a whole year, there is zakat on it. Otherwise, you need to add it to the cash and other zakatble wealth you may have.

QUESTION: My dad manages my zakah and my bank. I informed him i have lots of money in my cupboard since many years. He told me that’s ok because he pays extra zakah every year so it gets covered in that. Is it ok? I am confused because of the niyah aspect of it.

Zakat

08 Jun

ANSWER: If you trust that he will give from his own money the equivalent of your zakat and that he is not lying, this is permissible as it is a gift from his side. However, you must calculate what is saved in your cupboard and give the zakat on it personally just to be safe […]

QUESTION: I have estimated the zakat of my gold for whole year, i am a salaried person, i cannot pay whole amount yearly, instead i pay it on monthly basis as divided the whole amount over 12 months from my salary, Is it okay?

Zakat

19 May

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to delay zakat like this at all! You can give next year’s zakat in advance on monthly basis if you want.

QUESTION: What is the minimum age for giving zakat

Zakat

10 May

ANSWER: There is no such age. Zakat if given on the wealth, regardless whether it is owned by an orphan child or someone insane

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