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  • Gold is the basis for the Zakah of cash

    About Zakah Nisaab you said a min. 85gms of gold of 595gms of silver, possession for a whole lunar year. When we check the cash value of these two pure metals we found a lot of difference. For example London Bullion market shows 361 USD for one ounce of gold and 5 USD for one ounce of silver. Please guide us how to solve this problem of difference... More

    86321 23-9-2003

  • Paying Zakaah on Provident Fund

    I am working in a multinational company and company holds 10% amount from my salary and add 10% amount from company's part and place this amount in Provident Fund account. This amount adds up every month and remains with the company till leaving company or getting provident fund for urgent needs like home purchase or hospitalization uses. Is there Zakah.. More

    86229 14-9-2003

  • No Zakah on plots for self-use

    I have purchased two plots. What is rule for paying Zakah on these plots? Should I pay Zakah on these plots or not? Initially I was paying Zakah on these plots but now I have discontinued it as I read that there is no Zakah on plots if plots purchased for self-use and not with the intention of selling? What happened if I change my mind and sell these.. More

    86227 13-9-2003

  • Seeing patients free as Zakah

    I am a doctor and I have my own clinic. When I examine patients for free, can this be considered Zakah? Because my money is abroad and I can't travel to pay Zakah for it, and don't make enough money to pay Zakah?.. More

    86210 13-9-2003

  • Paying Zakaah to Brother

    Can I pay Zakah to my brother who needs to open a shop for his earnings? He already has a small shop but not getting enough to meet his daily expenses for his family. .. More

    86031 9-7-2003

  • Wants to change charity to Zakah

    A friend paid some charity for a sick person, and wants to give Zakah Al-mal (Zakah). Is it possible to change his mind and consider the charity as a part of the Zakah?.. More

    85964 23-6-2003

  • Rich mother giving her Zakah to poor married son

    Can the rich mother give her Zakah to her poor married son who does not have enough money to spend on his wife and his father is poor? .. More

    85910 9-6-2003

  • Paying Zakah for brother and sister

    I have two brothers who live with my father and mother with their wives and kids in the same house and they eat and live together. I have also one sister and they prepare for her marriage soon. I live alone with my wife and son beside my work and I have money. Can I pay my Zakah elmal for my brothers and sister to help them or I cannot do that because.. More

    85897 9-6-2003

  • Paying Zakah to Iraqi people

    I have some money of Zakah with me. Can I pay amount of Zakah to Iraqi people?.. More

    85762 21-4-2003

  • Condition of beggars

    We know that charity is very much encouraged in Islam, but nowadays beggars are coming to the doorstep and in the public transport for begging and saying that they did not eat for days or they need serious medical attention. Most of them are drug addicts and wrong doers. Now I can recall a Hadeeth that Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam,.. More

    85667 1-4-2003

  • Paying Zakah on money every year

    Is there any proof in Qur'an or Sunnah for paying Zakah every year in the same amount, i.e. I take Zakah 2500 from one lakh this year. If I keep the same amount, is it necessary to pay Zakah in the coming years too?Somebody says it is enough to pay Zakah once in life for the said same amount... More

    85709 1-4-2003

  • Zakah in invested funds

    My friend asked me to invest about 70,000 in the year 1997. There was no profit. In 1998 with some discussion he said that he can repay it and documents were prepared. I am not asking any interest, as it is the law for Islam. I found that he is not making any effort to pay till now 2003. Recently during a discussion he said that he wants to perform.. More

    85684 29-3-2003

  • Charity for descendants of the Prophet

    I work in a charity organisation in Pakistan and one of the activities we are doing is to support poor orphans for their education, health and other basic needs. Sometime we come across the families who are the descendents of prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). It is said that in Islam it is not permissible to give sadaqah to such people. Should we.. More

    85629 26-2-2003

  • Zakaah on Gold and Diamond Jewelry

    I have some jewlery in gold and Diamonds when we were wealthy this was the amount of jewlery that ladies in my level in my community wore. Now we can not pay our rent or buy bread. My husband, after working in his own great business is working in the lowest catagories of work at someone busine for a low salary. My question is : I can not pay ( Zakat.. More

    85625 25-2-2003

  • Zakah on a commercial building or its rent

    I have one commercial building (other than one building in which I am staying) in India. I am getting rent every month from tenent, but I am not able save that money (just receiveing and expending it). Do I have to give zakah on that building or on that money? What is the ruling regarding this in accorance with Qur'an and authentic Sunnah... More

    85570 8-2-2003

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