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No problem in giving extra.

Suppose I have to give Zakat 913.75 dollars. But to be safe and assure, I decided to donate 1000 dollars and intend that the money I am supposed to give zakat is given as zakat and the extra money is given as normal charity. Is this permissible? Or I have to give the fix amount that I counted and give intending only as zakat?

Zakat | October 27, 2021 3:53 am
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I have watched all of your videos on youtube regarding zakat on plot, my question is that in one of your videos you said as long as the plot is not *displayed* for sale it’s not zakatable. Now if we have some money in bank and in order to protect the worth (since worth of money goes down with time) we invest in some plot for long term, we don’t know when will we sell it, in this
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Can i silently,without telling my parents, accept/give my permission to pay my zakat on my wealth. I dont have to announce it to them right? I can just keep it in my heart?