zakah

Since we come from a rather wealthy family, we had a lot of jewellery from childhood. My sister is presently 21 years old and she did not ever discharge Zakah. I have two questions: 1) How many years should my sister make up for? 2) Which value will she use: the value of jewellery over…

Assalamu alaykum, I trust that you are well, Ustadh. We have many Islamic organisations that collect Zakaat. They have employees, and pay them salaries. They give around 10% on the total amount collected, so that this can be an incentive for these Amilleen (workers) to bring in more Zakaat. My questions are: 1) Is it…

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu. I trust that Mufti Sahib is well. Basically, we run a Zakaat organisation, and many people authorise us to discharge Zakaat on their behalf. We just wanted to clarify few issues, to ensure that we are discharging the Zakaat correctly. Can Mufti Sahib kindly respond to the following queries:…

Assalamu alaykum, I would like to know if I have to pay zakaat on behalf of my children they have just over £300 in their bank account they are 13 years and over.

Assalamu alaykum, 1) Is it permissible to give Zakah to a person in debt? 2)If a person is not eligible to take Zakah, can Zakah be used to pay his debt? 3) Can Zakah be used to off debts of near relatives? 4) If one person owes another person money, can the second person waive…

As-salmu alikum oa rahmatullahi. I have a retail partnership business. Both of the partner opt to pay the zakat of our running stock. Now I want to know… 1. What is the role for calculation of zakat for our running business stock ? 2. Is there any separate Nisab for our business stock value from…

Assalamu alaykum, I would like to know if we are allowed to give zakaat to my sister in law she is a widow. Before we use to give her zakaat then we found out that she had some jewellery and some money then we stopped giving it to her, now she has made intention that…

Asalamu Alaykum. Is it permissible to give zakat to non-profit Islamic satellite channels that use the money to run their channels?