Q: What is the ruling with regards to zakaat and a husband paying the wife's amount on her jewellery especially with the wife not earning an income. If it cannot be afforded whats the way forward? Do we sell the jewellery?
Q: Can a person use his zakaah money to pay a na baligh childs school fees without informing the child or the parents.
The reason being the parents are drug addicts so if they know that I am paying their childs school fees, they will harass me for money to feed their bad habit.
Q: I have a family member who was very much in debt and therefore was in need of zakaat money. I therefore took zakaat money from an acquaintance of mine and decided to collect more money before sending it to them as they are abroad and sending small amounts often would be costly.
However, after collecting the money, just before I could send it to them they had a property of a deceased relative which was sold and they received a fraction of their share of the estate (the money is given to them in few portions over a period of a couple of months as per the country's law and not all at once, so they had received a portion of their share of the estate not their entire share). With the amount received they started to settle their debts. Had they recieved the full amount of the estate they would be able to fulfill their debts but they haven't received their entire share as yet.
What should I do with the zakaat money I had for them. Can I still give it to them as the period of time in which I recieved the zakaat money for them, they were able to receive the zakaat and it was given to me for them but I could not send it due to it being costly to send it in small amounts so often.
If not then what should I do with the zakaat money that I have with me?
Q: My question is regarding zakaat. I work in a retail clothing company and my boss tends to miss zakaat payments due to cash flow reasons. Alhamdulillah his business is good and intentions are clear. Due to the nature of his business, he needs to hold lots of physical stock of clothes. Someone advised him that he can pay clothes as zakaat if he has cash flow issues. My questions are:
1. Can he pay his zakaat in clothes instead of cash?
2. If yes, can he clear off his OLD STOCK, and at what value - the value at the time of production, the value at the time of purchase or the sales value?
Q: I received jewellery in different months of the year and gave the zakaat for it only in Ramadaan. Should it be weighed and valued at that gold amount in the specific month it was given to you? For the last 4 years that I gave my zakaat will I be sinful for it not given at the due month? (I have given extra).
Q: Is it permissible to discharge zakaat every year during the month of Ramadaan?
Q: I gave around 120 grams of gold when I got married to my wife as mahr 5 years back. She wears it 4-5 times a year at weddings. She is a house wife with no income to pay zakaat so I am paying zakaat on her behalf. My questions are:
1. If gold is given as mahr, do we have to pay zakaat over it?
2. As I pay zakaat on her assets due to her having no income, if my wife decides to sell her jewellery, can I ask her to return the amount I paid as her zakaat over the years?
Q: If both, husband and wife are working, will the right to pay zakat be for the man or the woman since the gold belongs to the woman?
If the man cannot pay the zakat, what is the solution? Does the woman need to sell the gold to avoid giving zakat?
Q: Can you please advise me on the following matter:
I am and have been using my Zakaat money to distribute monthly food hampers to poor and destitute Muslims. Many of my friends and family have observed this and have now given me their Zakaat / Sadaqah / Lillah, etc. obligations to discharge on their behalf.
With this in mind the number of recipients whom I distribute to (all of whom are Muslims) have also increased. This has become a very labour intensive exercise for me to accomplish on my own. I have thus secured assistance - some externally (also Muslims) and others from within the people who receive these hampers from me to sort, pack, get ready and distribute these hampers.
The following are my questions:
1) Can I pay these persons who assist me from the monies given to me especially in terms of the Zakaat and Sadaqah?
2) If yes, is there a percentage that I should consider to cover those expenses
3) If no, can I increase the hamper size of the “helpers” who are Zakaat recipients in lieu of payment for assisting me Can you please advise me on this matter?
Q: My brother-in-law is a poor person and he lives in a house owned by his wife (my sister). My sister has gold jewellery and she pays zakaat on it regularly.
1. Can I pay my zakaat to her husband who can do business or spend that money on his wife and children?
2. Can my sister give her zakaat to her husband but she has no source of income and she pays her zakaat from the pocket money that she receives from her parents?