Zakaat on jewellery if one is in debt
Q: If one has 100gms of gold but takes a loan from one of his relatives of 4 laks, not in gold but on credit, so does he have to pay zakaat?
debt
Udhaar ko zakaat samajh kar maaf dena
Q: Main ne kisi dost ka qarz ada karnay k liay us ko paisay diay udhaar k tor par. ab vo mujhay ada nahi kar sakta. kia main us ko zakat samajh kar maaf kar sakta hoon?
Giving money to the musjid with the intention of settling one's debt
Q: I have a debt with my friend. He payed for a bowling event and I was supposed to pay him back. I've been wanting to pay him back but everytime I tried to pay him back he said that we will talk about it next time. However he did not say he will forgive my debt. How am I supposed to deal with this? I know that having a debt and not paying it can be a hurdle for me to enter heaven. If I donate it to the mosque will it considered as done? My previous teacher told me that as long as the person is still alive, I have to pay him. Its been a year already.
Going for hajj while paying off a mortgage
Q: I would like to go for hajj and we have enough money for my husband and I to go but we have a house mortgage that we took 7 years ago ( I understand it is not allowed to take interest based mortgage but I was then advised by a local Mufti Saheb in England that as there are no other options and I had been paying rent for so many years it would be permissible as not for business purpose and purpose is to live in the house). I do not have enough money to pay it off but have enough for hajj. It will take me at least another 5 years to pay the mortgage off. Do we need to postpone hajj and pay off the mortgage first or can we go for hajj first?
Passing away without settling one's debt
Q:
1. I heard that if someone has a debt and passes away then that person would never enter Jannah, is that true?
2. What if someone has debt and leaves this world, he wanted to pay for it but he didn't, would Allah still deny him Jannah?
Returning outstanding money to the creditor
Q: I have taken/borrowed some money from a shop as I do not have enough money. I told the shopkeeper that I will give you the remaining amount next time I come, so he agreed and he further reminded me to pay otherwise on dooms day Allah will ask me about it. I didn't give him the remaining amount but now few months later I visited his shop to pay the remaining amount but the shop has been closed. When I asked about him from some of his neighbour's shops, they told me that he has closed his shop from here. I want to pay him his remaining amount. Can you guide me what I have to do?
Offsetting a debt with the amount one usually gives in sadaqah
Q: I borrowed a person 100 000 Rands which he has not paid. I take out sadaqah every month of 5000 Rands. Can I take that sadaqah for myself and offset it off his account? If he does pay one day, then I will give that away as the sadaqah?
Qardh khwaah par zakaat
Q: Hamare upar kafi qarz hai. Lekin kuch gold para hai. Kya zakat dena farz hoga ya qarz ki wajah se maafi hai?
Can a debt cancel out good deeds?
Q: Can your debt cancel out your good deeds?
Taking one's parents for hajj
Q: I'm a married women who has worked and saved some money. I have two brothers and a sister. My parents are elderly now and they have never travelled anywhere. My father has some debt. Can I take them with my money for hajj?