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Zakat On Lost And Found Items
Zakat is not due on lost property for either the one who loses or the one who finds and, if found, zakat payments are only made upon the resumption...
Zakat is not due on lost property for either the one who loses or the one who finds and, if found, zakat payments are only made upon the resumption...
Sale of property intended to avoid zakat payment is considered unlawful, though if the timing of the sale happens to coincide with the payment of...
Paying Zakat To One Person
It is permissible to give all of one's zakat to a single person, but this becomes offensive, though no less valid, if the recipient exceeds the...
It is permissible to give all of one's zakat to a single person, but this becomes offensive, though no less valid, if the recipient exceeds the...
Benefit In Lieu Of Zakat Payment
No worldly benefit, whether of goods, services or otherwise, should accrue to the zakat payer in relation to the zakat payment itself.
No worldly benefit, whether of goods, services or otherwise, should accrue to the zakat payer in relation to the zakat payment itself.
Stolen Property As Zakat
It is impermissible to give or take stolen property as zakat one is certain is stolen; if there is doubt then it is permissible to give or take the...
It is impermissible to give or take stolen property as zakat one is certain is stolen; if there is doubt then it is permissible to give or take the...
Zakat In Lieu Of Wages
Zakat may be given to one's zakat eligible employee as a gift (while intending zakat in one's heart), but not in lieu of wages.
Zakat may be given to one's zakat eligible employee as a gift (while intending zakat in one's heart), but not in lieu of wages.
Zakat may be given to the woman whose husband is unable (or unwilling) to pay the marriage payment.
Zakat To Individuals Exceeding Nisab
Individuals exceeding the nisab may not receive zakat unless they are: 1) zakat collectors; 2) of those whose hearts are to be won over; 3) a slave...
Individuals exceeding the nisab may not receive zakat unless they are: 1) zakat collectors; 2) of those whose hearts are to be won over; 3) a slave...
Zakat In Lieu Of Separate Obligation
Zakat may not be used to pay for something already obligatorily established as due from another source, such as burial expenses or the fulfillment...
Zakat may not be used to pay for something already obligatorily established as due from another source, such as burial expenses or the fulfillment...
Zakat For Members Of Prophetic Household
Members of the Prophet's Family (Allah bless them and give them peace) and their descendants may not receive zakat, even as remuneration for...
Members of the Prophet's Family (Allah bless them and give them peace) and their descendants may not receive zakat, even as remuneration for...
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