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.
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?
Q: Can I give zakaat for buying a loudspeaker for the masjid because we can't hear azaan properly?
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?
Q: Is there zakaat on a kruger coin that is lost?
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?
Q: If person A is in debt, can person B pay zakaat directly to the debtor? Does B have to inform A that he is paying Zakaat directly to the debtor?
Q: In the last will and testament of the deceased, it is instructed that the whole balance on one of the bank accounts of the deceased be deemed undischarged Zakaat and the whole balance on another bank account be deemed interest received and the two balances be disposed with in accordance with Shariah. Would the deceased’s instructions be tantamount to a bequest and consequently can only be limited to one-third of the gross value of the estate and, if so, what, if the total of the two balances and other bequests made exceed one-third? Please clarify.
Q: Meri umar 23 saal he or mera source of income kuch nahi he. Lekin phr bhi pocket money or eidi etc se merey pass approximately 70,000 he or 10 tola chandi(jo k mri walidah ny mjy dii hy) or 7000 maliat ka gold hy. Yeh raqam merey pass 2-3 saal se hy. Last year merey pass jama shuda raqam 50,000 or 10 tola chandi or 7000 maliat ka gold tha jinki mene zakat ada kar thi. Men aapse yeh pochna chahti hun ke kya mujh par in sub cheezon ki zakat bunnti he ya nahi. Qu ke me yeh raqam apny laser eye treatment ke lye jama kar rhi hun qu ke meri eyeside weak hy. Agr laser treatment na krva ski tu phr yh raqam apny jaheiz ke lye istimal karun gi. Tu kya is situation me mujh par zakaat banti he ya nahi.
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?