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Intending Zakat While Ostensibly Making Loan It is permissible for a zakat payer to intend to pay zakat while ostensibly making a loan, and thereby fulfill his zakat obligation, provided the...
	It is permissible for a zakat payer to intend to pay zakat while ostensibly making a loan, and thereby fulfill his zakat obligation, provided the...

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...

Zakat As An Allowable Tax Deduction Depending on the tax jurisdiction, from a Shariah perspective it would be permissible to deduct zakat from one’s taxable income as one would a...
	Depending on the tax jurisdiction, from a Shariah perspective it would be permissible to deduct zakat from one’s taxable income as one would a...

Authorizing Third-Party To Distribute Zakat Just as it is permissible to give zakat to those authorized to collect and distribute zakat, so too it is permissible to appoint a third party to...
	Just as it is permissible to give zakat to those authorized to collect and distribute zakat, so too it is permissible to appoint a third party to...

Intention In Case Of Third-Party Distributor Of Zakat When the zakat payer appoints a distributor (or the distributor appoints another party), only the intention of the original zakat payer is...
	When the zakat payer appoints a distributor (or the distributor appoints another party), only the intention of the original zakat payer is...

Third-Party Distributing Very Same Notes Of Zakat As Received It is not a condition that the very same cash notes (or similar fungible and transferable property) given by the zakat payer be the ones that are...
	It is not a condition that the very same cash notes (or similar fungible and transferable property) given by the zakat payer be the ones that are...

Zakat Payment On One’s Behalf Without One’s Knowledge Or Permission It is impermissible (and the payment invalid) if zakat is paid on one’s behalf without one’s knowledge or permission, even if from a distributor...
	It is impermissible (and the payment invalid) if zakat is paid on one’s behalf without one’s knowledge or permission, even if from a distributor...

Zakat To Non-Muslims Non-Muslims may not receive zakat, though they may receive charity.
	Non-Muslims may not receive zakat, though they may receive charity.

Inadvertent Zakat Payment To Non-Muslim Incorrect payment to a non-Muslim is not considered zakat paid.
	Incorrect payment to a non-Muslim is not considered zakat paid.

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