Q: I want to pay my zakaat and I do not know the exact date. It was between February 18 and end of November when I was 9 years old. I am inclined towards more towards November that I became baligh. I do not know which date to choose. Which date must I choose?
Q: One is in the process of purchasing a property and pays the deposit to a bank & not the seller of the property. The bank then issues a guarantee (to the sum of the cash deposited) in favour of the seller of the property. The guarantees will be paid over to the seller once the property is transferred into the purchaser’s name.
At one’s Zakaat date the property has not yet been transferred and the cash is still at the bank in the form of a guarantee. Is such cash then Zakaatable?
Q: On the 1st of Ramadan I had £30,000, by the end of that year I had £15,000 - do I give zakat on £30,000 or on £15,000?
Q: Is one allowed to give food items or food like grocery as zakaat?
Q: A person is living in a condition where he is need of zakaat, however he is an heir to his father’s inheritance, which for years has not distributed and neither is it known when will it be distributed due to procedures and complications, etc. Can zakaat be given to him now due to his present state and condition?
Q: In the following article on your website: http://alhaadi.org.za/articles/qurbani/668-who-is-required-to-perform-q… is mentioned that "Every adult Muslim, male or female, who owns 613.35 grams of silver or its equivalent in money, personal ornaments, stock-in-trade or any other form of wealth which is surplus to his basic needs, is under an obligation to offer a Qurbani."
Can you please give the reference of Hadith or other authentic books as to how the figure of 613.35 has been deduced?
Q: I have two uncles in my home country Bangladesh. One of them has a small business, but cannot make any profit, he does not own significant amount of gold jewellery. Is he eligible for zakaat? My other uncle cultivates the land and gets monly helps from other relatives. He does not have significant jewellery. Can he also be eligible for zakaat?
Q: Can you please advise the correct procedure for calculating Zakaat in the following situations?
Murabaha Car Loan From Albaraka Bank
Musharaka House Loan From Albaraka Bank for Investment Purposes
Musharaka House Loan From Albaraka Bank for Personal Use
Is the total outstanding loan deducted, the loan for the year deducted or the loan for the month?
And do you first calculate how much of the property you own according to the Albaraka property share and pay zakaat on that portion only?
Q: By the time of Ramadhaan when my zakaat becomes payable I will still have in my possession the money for the flights, qurbaani and spending money, none of which will have been in my possession for longer than one year, will zakaat be payable on all these monies in my possession? I have always been under the impression that zakaat is only payable if the money, jewellery, etc., is in your possession for at least one year at the designated date that one would normally pay zakaat. However, I was recently told that it would be payable if it is in your possession as at that date irrespective of the period or when it was received.
Q: If one is not certain of the day that he turned baaligh and years have passed. He paid zakaat for some years but does not know exactly how many years he missed. What should he do?