Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-81) I have entered into a pension scheme due to which I contribute a specific amount of money every month. Is Zakāh only necessary upon the amount that I contribute or is it also necessary upon the amount that is contributed by my employer as well? I will only receive the money that is ..
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Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-49):Zaid has been saving money to buy a house since he does not own a property in which he can reside. Does Zaid have to pay Zakāh for this money that he has saved for this purpose? Will it be necessary to pay Zakāh for the house once he has managed to purchase it? ..
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-48):A woman had fifty-seven tolas of gold for eighteen years and thirty tolas for six years but did not pay Zakāh upon this wealth. Now she no longer has this wealth in her possession but wishes to fulfill the Zakāh that she failed to pay over the years. Please inform us in relation to ..
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion (Q-10): Will the Zakāh of a donor be fulfilled if he or she donates Zakāh to an organisation and thereafter the wealth is destroyed before the organisation has made a poor person owner of the wealth? Will the ruling differ depending on the cause of the destruction; will there be any difference if the ..
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-03): Is it permissible for institutes who are given Zakāh to keep the Zakāh money saved for many years without having made a poor person owner of the money through Hīlah Shar’iyyah? Answer: Zakāh is in essence the right of the poor people. The permission to utilise Zakāh to fund religious institutes is only ..
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion (Q-02): If somebody pays my Zakah for me using their money, will my obligation be fulfilled? 1. Zakah was necessary upon Zaid. Bakr told him that he will pay the Zakah on Zaid’s behalf and then Bakr paid Zaid’s Zakah using his own money rather than Zaid’s. Will Zaid’s Zakah be valid? 2. In ..