Zakat

QUESTION: Sheikh, is it allowed to disburse interest money from savings account to a relative (Zakaat eligible) who are already in economic hardship and lost jobs?

Charity, Riba, Zakat

28 Apr

ANSWER: This is permissible providing they are not your parents, children or spouses.

QUESTION: my wife have 15 tola of gold, but she is not working and doesn’t have any income source,so is it possible that she make me owner of 8 tola of gold and keep remaining 7 tola gold with her, and than I pay zakat over 8 tola of gold and she doesn’t have to pay since 7 tola is below nisab value? And than can I allow her to use that 8 tola of gold whenever she wants

Zakat

19 Apr

ANSWER: This is worse than the trick of the Jews who were ordered not to work on the sabbath, so they dug trenches on Friday and caught the fish on Sunday that was trapped in it and as a consequence of their trick, Allah cursed them and changed them into monkeys!

QUESTION: I hv 30gm gold n 366 usd for mor than 1 yr. Pay zakat?

Zakat

05 Apr

ANSWER: If you have cash money that has reached the threshold, you should add this gold to it and pay zakat.

QUESTION: Can we give zakat to pay someone’s bank loan? This sister’s husband took loan with interest but he died now his wife has to pay. The bank has forgiven the interest rate but not the principal amount.

Loans, Riba, Zakat

17 Mar

ANSWER: If the loan is on the sister and she is forced to pay it off, this is permissible but it is not permissible to pay off an interest loan from zakat especially if it was on someone who is dead.

QUESTION: How to give zakat al fitr in a kafir country? Since it must be given to a poor Muslim.

Zakat

08 Mar

ANSWER: Look for the masjid you go to and whether they have a solution for that.

QUESTION: I do not work but I am given gift money year-round and I was wondering if Zakat is obliged on me even though these are not my individual earnings. This money is from graduation, Eid, and the likes. I use this money for personal needs/wants.

Zakat

25 Jan

ANSWER: If this money reaches the nisab then yes, you must pay zakat on it, whether it’s your hard earned money or gift.

QUESTION: How can I calculate my zakat if one day it’s price is $775 while the other day it is $800 per (12 grams of gold)

Zakat

24 Jan

ANSWER: You must fix a day and every hijri year must see what the selling price of gold is on that particular day and give 2.5%

QUESTION: I want to know about paying zakat, especially the 2.5% part to help those in need. I’m already paying over 15% in taxes to the government, plus some indirect taxes that helps people of county. Could you guide me on this?

Zakat

06 Dec

ANSWER: Zakat is what Allah obligated upon those who have wealth that exceed the threshold. This has nothing to do with how much taxes you are paying.

QUESTION: If a person is unable to do job or business or can’t invest money in business because of widespread fraudulence and non-justice because of living in a country where sharia law is not enforced, does he have to pay zakat if he has nisab amount of money for over a year? Because in that case in future he may have to beg to pe

Zakat

29 Nov

ANSWER: Yes, he must pay the zakat if it reaches or is more than the nisab. He must get his back up from the couch and work in halal, even if it’s a janitor’s job and earn instead of putting such mental blocks and hurdles in his life!

QUESTION: If I have 20g gold and some cash and few gram of silver, then do I have to combine all 3 in cash and then nisab will be that of silver and if I just have gold and cash then also do the nisab will be that of Silver?

Zakat

05 Oct

ANSWER: You can combine gold with cash or silver with cash but not gold with silver.

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