Q: My question is related to zakat. If a divorced women with one dependant child is not working, and has a saving for her daughter's university education, does zakat apply on that amount of savings? Is this woman, who has no support, liable to pay zakat?
Q: I want to purchase gold ornaments (the gold weight is less than the nisab of the zakaat for each one of them) as gift for my daughters aged 10 years and 6 years old. Do I have to pay the zakaat on these ornaments?
Q: What is the ruling of farm produce in Darul Kufr (a non-Muslim country) like south Africa, etc.? Will there be zakaat or ushr due on the produce?
Q: I have to pay zakat for the previous year on some date in January and sometime ago I lost some of my gold. They were misplaced and one top went into the gutter. So do I need to pay zakat of the prev year on january for the misplaced items and what about the one which is gone into the gutter?
Q: I am a married woman. I work from home giving extra lessons. I have loaned most of my savings money to family members. (interest free)
Do I need to pay zakaat on this money that I have loaned them?
Since I do not have much savings left; if I cannot afford the zakaat amount; will I have to sell my jewellery from my mother and my wedding jewellery to pay it?
Q: My ring was lost for a period of 2 years. I did not know where I had lost it. I now found my ring. Do I need to pay zakaat for the years during which my ring was lost?
Q: Do I have to pay Zakaah on my car which is finish paid for?
Q: Zaid has one sister. She is 75 years old and is an Alzheimers patient. Her condition is such that sometimes she is unable to recognize her own daughter, always keeps on asking about her son (she actually never had any son), and is living in the past where she thinks her husband and mother are still alive (and in reality they died many years back). She doesn't remember that she has to offer salah.
While distributing their mother's inheritance money, Zaid kept his sister's 4 lakh in his bank account as amanat. There are 5 witnesses over it. He is not using this money as he fears Allah Ta'ala. The pension she gets is enough for her basic needs. Zaid wants to know if he needs to discharge his sister's zakat from her share i.e. 4 lakh rupees, or should it remain untouched as she is not in her senses?
Q: I have a debt and some assets. However, my debt is more than my assets. Does the zakat still apply to me.
Q: Do I have to pay Zakat on rental income or the value of the rental property? Just like paying Zakat on the value of gold and stock?