Using zakaat to purchase a water cooler
Q: Can Zakaat be discharged to build electric water cooler in grave yard or any other public places so people can drink cold water during intense weather?
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Calculating zakaat on investments
Q: I have invested some money in a telecoms company through a family member. The shares are not available to the general public and only to employees, and the family member is one of the employees. He does not have any control or say in the company as he is a minority shareholder. Please advise how I should go about calculating zakaat. The company is not a Muslim owned company.
Zakaat on property
Q: I adopted Islam three years back and have married a Muslim man. I want to know issues related to zakaat. I own a house and land which I purchased when I was a Hindu and was married to a Hindu man but after his death I married a Muslim man and adopted Islam. Is zakaat waajib on this property?
I am also looking after financially my husband's first wife and his children who live in a separate house. Almost half of my salary is spent on them every month as my husband is not financially sound. I want to know that is zakaat waajib on my monthly income?
Giving zakaat to the Musjid to purchase a loudspeaker
Q: Can I give zakaat for buying a loudspeaker for the masjid because we can't hear azaan properly?
Zakaat on money paid for the purchase of a property which is kept by the attorney for security purposes
Q: If I have paid in full for a property, but it is still with the attorneys and hasn't yet been transferred onto my name as yet, is zakaat due on this money?
Is there zakaat on a lost Kruger coin?
Q: Is there zakaat on a kruger coin that is lost?
Khairaat and Sadaqa
Q:
1) I would like to know the difference between khairaat and sadaqa and to whom and when we can give these?
2) I have my pay around 440 USD, in which I send amount to my family. Do I have to give zakat on this?
3) For job purpose, I am living in another city of Pakistan. How can I serve my parents, as Islam says that we have to make "KHIDMAT" for our parents?
Paying off another person's debt with zakaat money
Q: If person A is in debt, can person B pay zakaat directly to the creditor? Does B have to inform A that he is paying Zakaat directly to the creditor?
The mother of a zakaatable family inheriting a large some of money
Q: A family was eligible for zakaat. The mother in this family just inherited a fairly large sum of money from a deceased relative. However, she says that she wants to keep this sum of money for herself and does not want to spend it on her family. Are the father and the children in this family still eligible to receive zakaat?
Is it permissible to give zakaat to Sayyids?
Q: Is it true that zakaat shouldn't be given to Sayyids. I wanted to give my yearly zakaat amount to one of my family relatives as they are very poor but my mom stopped me and told me that zakaat cannot be given to Sayyids. Is this true?