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Paying Zakah to build a cancer hospital
My mother and sisters paid Zakaah due on their property to the foundation of a Children’s Cancer Hospital; and later on some people made us doubt the validity, under Sharee‘ah, of paying Zakaah for such projects. What should we do now, especially with the difficulty to pay Zakaah once again?.. More
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Cases of giving Zakah in installments
1- Is it permissible to give Zakaah in the form of monthly installments to spend on some families? I take care of some families, and give them a fixed monthly sum of money each.
2- I have delayed paying Zakaah for nine years, because of my ignorance of the fact that the amount of money I have requires me to pay Zakaah on it. So, how should I pay.. More
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Zakah on crops, and whether or not the costs should be deducted from it
What is the way to give Zakaah due on irrigated crops, in terms of its Nisaab and amount; and whether or not the expenses of cultivation, irrigation, fertilizers and harvesting should be deducted from it?.. More
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Ruling on giving Zakah to an independent son
I have a son who works as a teacher and lives independently from me. He supports a small child and his income does not suffice him. He possesses an apartment which has accumulated unpaid installments, and, thus, is threatened to be evicted. Is it permissible for me to pay them on his behalf from the money of Zakaah that is due on me?.. More
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Giving Zakah in kind as a gift: a Sharee‘ah perspective
I am an engineer, and I save a part of my salary which amounts to the due Nisaab of Zakaah; and I have some poor relatives: is it permissible to give Zakaah to them in the form of gifts which I buy from the market and give to them? Please note that if I give them money, they will not accept it. So, is it permissible to give Zakaah in the form.. More
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Should Zakah be given to one person or more?
Is it preferred to give Zakaah to one person only all at once, or to many persons? Please advise me. May Allaah Reward you... More
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Zakah of mudhaarabah’s profits
I have given somebody a sum of money to invest in trade in return for a definite share from the profits at the end of every four months: I may take the capital and profits together, or only the profits and leave the capital to be reinvested in trade. How should I pay Zakaah on that money, given that the profit is spent immediately and no lunar year.. More
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Is Zakah due on a house’s revenue spent in maintenance?
My father bought a house four years ago, and rented it only three years later; and now a year has elapsed since its rental, and he has received no income from it, since the money taken was spent on maintenance; and now a lunar year has come upon it: is Zakaah due on it?.. More
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Employees to administer Zakah have a share in it
A man distributes the Zakaah money; is it permissible for him to take from it if he needs basic necessities such as food, medicine and clothes, given that his salary does not cover all his needs and he has to borrow money to complete his expenses for the rest of the month?.. More
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Is Zakah due on the property of a charitable organization?
We are a group of youth and we have established a charitable organization to aid the poor and needy among us, and anyone befallen by a calamity. If we have a good amount of money in the organization, is it due on us to give Zakaah from that money if a lunar year has elapsed upon it? Please advise me. May Allaah Reward you... More
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Ruling on paying the deceased’s debt from Zakah
Is it permissible to give Zakaah to pay the debt of a deceased person?.. More
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When should a child be given from Zakah?
I am a mother of three sons, two of whom are married, and the youngest has not married yet. I want to give Zakaah this year, and I would like to know whether or not I could give it to my second married son. He is in straightened circumstances, and he has four children; and the other married son is well-off, praise be to Allaah. May Allaah Bless.. More
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Zakah of petroleum and gas
What is the amount of Zakaah due on petroleum and gas?.. More
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Limit of wealth that makes one ineligible for Zakah
As-Salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullaah
What is the limit of wealth which makes one ineligible to receive Zakaah? Kindly provide the details of this issue, and mention the different opinions of the scholars, their proofs, and why they differ in this respect, and the preponderant opinion... More
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Is it sufficient to fulfill the obligation to give Zakah in the form of meat?
I would like to know whether it is permissible to give meat for the Zakaah of property instead of money... More
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