What is the ruling on someone who possesses gold with the intention of saving/hoarding it, and owns nothing else — is he obligated to sell a portion of it in order to pay the zakāh due on it?
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How is the niṣāb (minimum threshold) of gold calculated when one owns gold of multiple different karats?
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Is the niṣāb calculated based on the price of 21-karat gold, or 24-karat gold?
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What is the ruling on someone who possesses cash reaching the niṣāb (minimum threshold liable for zakah), and then uses part of it to purchase gold before the ḥawl (lunar year) is complete — must he pay zakāh on all of it [combined], or only on the remaining cash, excluding the gold?
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What is the ruling on discharging one's zakāh obligation through the provision of a specific benefit (manfa‘ah) — such as performing a surgical operation for a patient, or providing housing to a tenant, and counting the value of this service as zakāh?
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Two partners were engaged in a muḍārabah partnership. They used to pay zakāh as though their arrangement were a shirkat al-‘inān partnership, mistakenly believing this to be correct. Thus, they would pay zakāh on the cash, merchandise, and debts in their possession, and they continued doing so for twenty years. Later, the working partner (muḍārib) realized that zakāh was not actually due from him in that manner, since in a muḍārabah he only pays zakāh after the profits are liquidated and distributed. Then the capital owner passed away. Does the muḍārib have the right to reclaim from the deceased partner the zakāh he paid on his behalf during those years? Is the deceased capital owner cleared from liability before Allah? If not, are the heirs required to clear it on his behalf?
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A person passed away 15 years ago, and financial amounts were discovered in banks, as well as stocks and profits. Is Zakat obligatory on this wealth, and how is it calculated?
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After my father passed away, we found that he hadn`t paid the Zakah due on his wealth for several years. We calculated that Zakah and wanted to pay it to clear him from liability before Almighty Allah. However, because of certain conditions, we didn`t pay it and kept it in our possession for over two years and a half. Is Zakah liable on this kept
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On Sept. 9th, 2015, ten thousand JDs were paid to Income and Sales Tax Department as an insurance against the issuance of an importer`s card. Three years later, that money was given back. Is Zakah due on it?
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What is the ruling of Sharia on giving the Zakaah of cash in the form of food parcels?
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What is the ruling on paying Zakah upon money in a form of food supplies and the like?
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I have a sum of money that reached Nisaab in the month of Muharam. Six months later, I earned a thousand JDs. Should I pay the Zakah on both amounts or just the portion which reached Nisaab and one lunar year elapsed on possessing it?
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Is it permissible to consider gifts given to relatives, if they were poor, on the Eid {feast} day as Zakah {obligatory charity}? Is it permissible to give them as items or presents?
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A woman started buying gold liras on the 10nth of March 2011. By the end of September of the same year, the total number of liras became 41. When is Zakah due on them?
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A man`s children owe him five hundred JDs. Is it permissible for him to give the Zakah of this amount or not?
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