Q: When calculating your zakaat, you take into consideration the money that is owed to you. Will this also apply on the days of qurbaani in determining if it is incumbent upon one to slaughter or not?
Q: Please advise if there is any restriction that you may be aware of in terms of cutting the head of an animal off after the animal has been slaughtered and is completely dead and before removing the insides and the skin?
Q: If a person purchases raw material with the intention of manufacturing products to be sold, then will zakaat be fardh on such raw material?
Q: Is zakaat fardh upon the medication which the doctor administers to his patients or dispenses to them?
Q: I own a textile mill. I first import the yarn from which the material is manufactured. I supply certain companies material at the manufacturing cost plus ten percent profit. I also wholesale fabric at the wholesale price which is approximately my cost plus twenty percent. I am also a retailer and supply the public at the retail price. When calculating my zakaat, which market am I obligated to take into consideration? Should I evaluate my wealth in accordance to the retailer’s market, wholesaler’s market, or the manufacturer’s market?
Q: Is zakaat fardh on shares? If yes, then how will it be calculated?
Q: Is zakaat fardh on properties, flats, etc?
Q: Will zakaat be discharged by offsetting a debt with the intention of zakaat?
Q: Is it permissible to build masaajid with zakaat funds?
Q: Is it permissible to use zakaat funds to purchase hampers and feed the poor? Similarly, is it permissible to provide iftaar for the poor in the month of Ramadhaan using zakaat funds?