Q: As far as I know zakaat cannot be given to ones parents children and grand parents, my question is if my grandmother passed away and my grandfather remarried and he passed away as well, can I then give my step grandmother zakkah?
Q: A brother owns an apple orchard, which consists of 500 trees. How would he calculate his zakaat? (He is of the shaafee maslak)
Q: Some years ago, there were some riots in a certain place. The valuables from the house were placed elsewhere. Some were taken to the business, which was a big wholesale, for safekeeping and placed in a remote part of the safe. Included in these valuables which were taken to the business was some jewellery which originally belonged to the mother who has since passed away. This jewellery has now been found after many years in which it was regarded as lost. There are two questions:
Q: Can zakaat be given to in laws?
Q: Is sadaqa jaaria earned in making donations to an Islamic radio station?
Q: A person grows crops. Every week or 2nd week, he harvests his crops. When should he pay zakaat and what amount?
Q: Alhamdulilliah I am employed and in addition to my annual zakaat I make a point of giving away at least 10 percent of my money in additional sadaqah. However I am a bit confused at this point. I would like to start saving more than I currently in order to get married and go for haj Inshallah. I know that sadaqah does not decrease wealth.
Should I continue to give the same amount as sadaqah or should I decrease a bit in order to increase my savings for these sorts of things.
Q: Someone let another borrow money. Is zakat to be payed on that amount of money that he let another borrow at the end of each year? or is it due after the money is returned to him?
Q: Is it permissible for my child's school fees to be paid from a zakaat fund?
Q: This is how I discharge my zakaat every year:
A certain lady is in charge of an organization that builds homes for widows, so what I do, for example, 200 000 dollars is my zakaat, so I give it to her and tell her build homes for 4 widows, sometimes I give the money directly to the bank in charge of the project, is this ok?