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Paying Zakat To Undeserving Recipient By Mistake
Zakat unknowingly paid to an undeserving recipient (e.g. the recipient actually exceeds the nisab requirement) is deemed to have fulfilled the...
Zakat unknowingly paid to an undeserving recipient (e.g. the recipient actually exceeds the nisab requirement) is deemed to have fulfilled the...
Setting Off Losses With Zakat
Regardless of one's losses (e.g. in stock market investing, real estate speculation, business ventures, etc.), one is obligated to pay zakat on the...
Regardless of one's losses (e.g. in stock market investing, real estate speculation, business ventures, etc.), one is obligated to pay zakat on the...
Incorrect payment to a non-Muslim is not considered zakat paid.
Zakat Payment In Installments
Zakat must be paid in its entirety as soon as it becomes due, but if it is paid in advance of one's zakat valuation date, it may be paid in parts.
Zakat must be paid in its entirety as soon as it becomes due, but if it is paid in advance of one's zakat valuation date, it may be paid in parts.
Zakat On Items Containing Gold Or Silver
Zakat is due on jewelry, bars, decorations, ornaments, thread woven into cloth and all other items containing gold or silver regardless whether the...
Zakat is due on jewelry, bars, decorations, ornaments, thread woven into cloth and all other items containing gold or silver regardless whether the...
Zakat On Precious Stones
Zakat is not due on pearls and precious stones, until they are employed for trade.
Zakat is not due on pearls and precious stones, until they are employed for trade.
When Property Becomes Zakatable
Zakat is due on zakatable property possessed for at least one lunar year; zakat calculations must obligatorily be based on the lunar year because...
Zakat is due on zakatable property possessed for at least one lunar year; zakat calculations must obligatorily be based on the lunar year because...
Zakat On Tradable Goods
Zakat is due on tradable goods one lunar year from the date the total inventory exceeds the nisab minimum, even if individual items within this...
Zakat is due on tradable goods one lunar year from the date the total inventory exceeds the nisab minimum, even if individual items within this...
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