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  • Seeing patients free as Zakah

    I am a doctor and I have my own clinic. When I examine patients for free, can this be considered Zakah? Because my money is abroad and I can't travel to pay Zakah for it, and don't make enough money to pay Zakah?.. More

  • Paying Zakaah to Brother

    Can I pay Zakah to my brother who needs to open a shop for his earnings? He already has a small shop but not getting enough to meet his daily expenses for his family. .. More

  • Wants to change charity to Zakah

    A friend paid some charity for a sick person, and wants to give Zakah Al-mal (Zakah). Is it possible to change his mind and consider the charity as a part of the Zakah?.. More

  • Rich mother giving her Zakah to poor married son

    Can the rich mother give her Zakah to her poor married son who does not have enough money to spend on his wife and his father is poor? .. More

  • Paying Zakah for brother and sister

    I have two brothers who live with my father and mother with their wives and kids in the same house and they eat and live together. I have also one sister and they prepare for her marriage soon. I live alone with my wife and son beside my work and I have money. Can I pay my Zakah elmal for my brothers and sister to help them or I cannot do that because.. More

  • Paying Zakah to Iraqi people

    I have some money of Zakah with me. Can I pay amount of Zakah to Iraqi people?.. More

  • Condition of beggars

    We know that charity is very much encouraged in Islam, but nowadays beggars are coming to the doorstep and in the public transport for begging and saying that they did not eat for days or they need serious medical attention. Most of them are drug addicts and wrong doers. Now I can recall a Hadeeth that Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam,.. More

  • Paying Zakah on money every year

    Is there any proof in Qur'an or Sunnah for paying Zakah every year in the same amount, i.e. I take Zakah 2500 from one lakh this year. If I keep the same amount, is it necessary to pay Zakah in the coming years too?Somebody says it is enough to pay Zakah once in life for the said same amount... More

  • Zakah in invested funds

    My friend asked me to invest about 70,000 in the year 1997. There was no profit. In 1998 with some discussion he said that he can repay it and documents were prepared. I am not asking any interest, as it is the law for Islam. I found that he is not making any effort to pay till now 2003. Recently during a discussion he said that he wants to perform.. More

  • Charity for descendants of the Prophet

    I work in a charity organisation in Pakistan and one of the activities we are doing is to support poor orphans for their education, health and other basic needs. Sometime we come across the families who are the descendents of prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). It is said that in Islam it is not permissible to give sadaqah to such people. Should we.. More

  • Zakaah on Gold and Diamond Jewelry

    I have some jewlery in gold and Diamonds when we were wealthy this was the amount of jewlery that ladies in my level in my community wore. Now we can not pay our rent or buy bread. My husband, after working in his own great business is working in the lowest catagories of work at someone busine for a low salary. My question is : I can not pay ( Zakat.. More

  • Zakah on a commercial building or its rent

    I have one commercial building (other than one building in which I am staying) in India. I am getting rent every month from tenent, but I am not able save that money (just receiveing and expending it). Do I have to give zakah on that building or on that money? What is the ruling regarding this in accorance with Qur'an and authentic Sunnah... More

  • How to pay Zakah

    How is the Zakat calculated on the following:Cash in banks,house for personal use, house for rent, house can be rented or for personal use, land bought for building another house, land bought for summer holiday, land for trade, personal belongings, shares investments.Can I consider the monthly payment for my brothers' family/children as partial payment.. More

  • Issue of Zakaah on One’s Property Managed by Parents

    I have some agricultural property which is not being used by me, but it is being looked after by my parents. They are using the income and also distributing among other family members. I am not using any of the income from that. Am I responsible for the zakat for that property. .. More

  • Zakah on rental property

    My question is in relation to Zakaat. I have a fully paid of investment property on which I had collected rent, but now the unit has been sold so. On what should I give Zakaat? Secondly, I have another investment house that is still under the bank. Should I give Zakaat on that? .. More