Tag Archives: zakat
Extending Zakat distribution
Can Zakat that is given now be given throughout the following year Continue reading
Zakat and debts owed to you
If I am owed a debt but I am unsure when it will be paid back to me, am I able to defer paying Zakat until I actually receive the debt and then pay? Continue reading
Zakat & deduction of mortgage payments
Are you able to deduct 12 months future mortgage payments as a zakat expense? Continue reading
Zakat al-Mal on 401K or IRA?
Does one pay Zakat al-Mal on the money invested in a retirement 401K or IRA? Continue reading
Paying zakat and sadaqa on the internet
Sometimes I cannot find anyone to give sadaqa or food near where I live.
Is it acceptable to pay zakat, give daily sadaqa and offer meals using the websites below? Continue reading
Zakat for a Family own gold
A family is having huge debt and has no income for supporting their life expenses daily. They depend on others’s generosity.A friend of mine wants to give his zakat for them but he found out that family actually has more than 150gram gold/silver as investment… Continue reading
Are there many obligatory alms giving during a year?
I converted to islam recently, two years ago, and al hambduliLlah, i have being paying the zakat of id al Fitr.
I think it’s of on sa’ of dates or other… i’ve being paying about 8 or 9 $. Continue reading
Should I announce to the one whom receives my zakat
I want to be clear about zakat: if I give zakat to someone it is necessary for me to tell him that it is zakat or not need to tell him and just give him? Continue reading
Zakaat
A brother and sister would like to know how much the amount of zakat is eligible to be paid for the following: Continue reading
Permissible to send Zakat for eShaykh?
Kindly advise whether it will be in order to forward zakat in support of eShaykh’s fundraiser request… Continue reading