Zakat

QUESTION: I got gold around 30tola(more than 300grams) and I find it difficult to give zakat. Can I distribute the zakat between my two daughters( 4-5yrs) each one getting (6tola which is approx70 grams) ..So now zakat is reduced to 18 tola…

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17 Oct

ANSWER: You can gift your daughters equally if you want, however that gold would belong to them in reality and you will not be it’s owner. They must possess it and have full control over it even if they want to sell it! Otherwise you are trying to trick Allah to avoid paying zakat

QUESTION: My husband took a loan through a bank and invested it with a property dealer (bought plots to sell later). Loan instalment is paid monthly and it’s a four years long procedure. Now it’s been more than a year that we have invested that money. Do we have to pay zakat on that investment and if yes then how to do the calculation as we are still paying the instalments?

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01 Oct

ANSWER: If this property is bought with purpose of selling it after developing it, you must estimate the current value and give zakat on it. But if it was bought to rent it out or to live in it and not to sell it, there is no zakat on it. If the loan is interest […]

Sheikh my maternal grandmother had gold enough for zakat but didn’t had money. The times did not change either and then she left us. Now her gold has been distributed among her children, my mother wants to know if she can give zakat of that gold which her mother had?

Zakat

22 Aug

ANSWER: The first thing to be taken from the wealth of the deceased is the cost of his funeral. After that, we must calculate and give out all his debts whether to people or to others. Zakat is a debt upon him to Allah and it must be calculated and given out before distributing his […]

Can the zakat distribution personnel be paid wages?

Zakat

13 Aug

ANSWER: This is permissible if they are working for an institution or the government but these wages are not paid from the zakat itself except when given out by the muslim ruler only.

What is the most authentic opinion concerning the obligation of paying zakatul maal on behalf of minors? I have read that the majority regarded it as obligatory but for example imam Abu Hanifa and sheikh Al Albani did not do so. The arabic word الصبي is used in this regard but to which age refers this? Is this from the birth until puberty?

Zakat

29 Jul

ANSWER: It’s obligatory to pay zakat for minors and insane people as well as long it reaches nisab and stays for a whole hijab year.

Can a man or women give sadaqah money to parents and siblings?

Charity, Zakat

25 Jul

ANSWER: No problem in giving Sadaqah however, it is not permissible to give zakat to those who you are obliged to spend on, which is your parents. You can give zakat to your poor siblings if you won’t inherit them when they die.

Ya Sheik, can I give my zakat money to my husband? He spends that money on medical expenses for me and my kids. We are financially unable to fullfill our medical expenses.

Zakat

04 Jul

ANSWER: No problem if he is classified as poor or needy and can’t afford your medical expenses.

I have lent someone some money and they are struggling to pay it back but still requesting loans from time to time. Are they eligible to receive these loans from my zakat so that they don’t have to pay it back, even if they have a job/earning?

Zakat

08 Jun

ANSWER: Zakat can’t be given except to those who qualify for it such as poor and needy. If they qualify, you can give it to them in their hands and if they wish, they can pay you back your loans or they can keep the money.

I have to pay my zakat al maal this week. I will give some of it to my uncle’s widow & kids who are poor and sick and live in the countryside in North Africa. However I don’t see them as I live in Europe…my mum is only going there in the summer. Can I give my mum the money now and she will give it to them in July or August?

Zakat

19 May

ANSWER: Delaying it this much is not permissible. Either give it to someone else who is poor or needy immediately or call them and tell them that you have this much amount as zakat for them and it is kept with your mother until she comes in few months time, whether they accept it or […]

Can we give zakat for building the masjid?

Zakat

24 Apr

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible. Zakat should be given in cash to poor and needy Muslims in their hands to do as they wish with it.

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