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This money belongs to the tenants and they are obliged to give zakat on it.

QUESTION: In Bangladesh, owners of flats take a security deposit money from tenants which is returned to the tenants when they vacate the flat? Are the owners of flats supposed to pay zakah on this security deposit money?

Zakat | September 21, 2023 1:52 am
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QUESTION: Till 7 years my husband gave the zakath as i don’t work and he himself opted to do so . Also once when he was unable to pay it i sold some jewelry and paid the zakath. Now last year i gave most of my jewelry back to my parents saying i don’t need it and i want to return it back . When he learned about this he said either give me the zakath amount of all those years or the gold .
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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?