Zakaat

QUESTION: Is it sinful to delay paying Zakaat because one is waiting for the month of Ramadaan to discharge it? The Zakaat date is Rabi-ul Awwal but the person wants to give it in Ramadaan. ANSWER: There is a difference of opinion in this matter. Some of the jurists’...

QUESTION: Must Zakaat in a business be calculated on the cost price or the selling price of the item? ANSWER: Zakaat on goods of merchandise will be calculated on the current market value (of the goods) on one’s due date of Zakaat. فالحاصل: أن أبا حنيفة يعتبر القيمة...

QUESTION: Is Quicksilver a metal on which Zakaah is payable? ANSWER: What is Quicksilver? The metal mercury resembles silver in color. Unlike silver and most other metals though, mercury is liquid at ordinary temperatures, For that reason it is able to flow and to...

QUESTION: My wife loaned my niece a considerable amount of money. My niece is currently unable to pay the money back because her husband is unemployed. They have a daughter who is Baligh and eligible for Zakaah. Can I distribute my Zakaat again to them and suggest,...

QUESTION: Please provide clarity on Zakaah on gold. Does the gold have to be equal to, or more than a specific amount in grams, in order for Zakaah to be liable? ANSWER: Zakaat will be Waajib when one has 20 Mithqaal (87.48 grams) of gold in one’s possession for one...

QUESTION: Someone kept money aside for Zakaat once it became Wajib upon him. However, before he discharges his Zakaat, he now feels like he should use the money set aside to pay his mortgage instead, and pay the outstanding Zakaat amount later? Would this be correct?...

QUESTION: A Zakaat organization collects Zakaat into their account. They give vouchers to recipients who filled out a form making the organization the Wakeel. The recipients spend the voucher at a Cash & Carry, taking goods equivalent to the amount on the...

QUESTION: Some charitable organizations say that they are entitled to 20% of Zakaah collected to use for the running expenses of the organization (without using any Heelah to convert it). Is this permissible and will a person's Zakaah be discharged? ANSWER: It is not...