Zakaat

Q: Can sadaqah and lillah be given to non-Muslims?

Q:

1. I invested some money in a company. Unfortunately, the company was a fraud. Government possessed all investments and it is still under investigation. Money is not in my possession any longer. Do I have to pay Zakaat on this?

2. I've loaned out money to a few people. No one has paid me back as yet. Do I have to pay Zakaat on this?

3. Do I have to calculate exactly 2.5% Zakaat or can I give more than this as Zakaat?

Q: Zaid (imam of his community) generally receives zakaat in Ramadaan from his community members to distribute to the poor. Can Zaid use his personal funds before Ramadaan to assist with zakaat cases with the intention of repaying himself from the zakaat funds he will receive in Ramadaan?

Q: My salary is 6500 qatari riyals among which I keep 2000 and the rest I give to my mother. From this 2000 in my bank I have around 24000 qatari riyals till now and I am working from 3 years. So should I pay zakaat and how to calculate it? I am 21 now and I never paid before but I realize I must make sure my money is paak and halaal. Please guide me.

Q: Can zakaat or sadaqah be paid to a Muslim woman who is 'married' to a Shia. She will undoubtedly spend part of the money on items for her husband and children.

Q: Do I have to pay Zakaat on value of the rental property or annual net rent?

Q: I have saved R 10 000 for close to a year, however 1 month from completing a year, I had to use R 5000. Only R 5000 is eventually saved for a year. Is zakaat only due on the remainder of the saving amount i.e. R 5000? Please advise further.

Q: I know I am supposed to listen and obey my parents but I wanted to give sadaqa on a regular basis where the charity takes the money out of my bank account weekly but my dad said not to do that saying we don't have much money and just to put some loose change in sadaqa from my pocket now and then. However, I do feel that I have sufficent funds for my needs and the rest is spare. So what shall I do, shall I listen to my dad or shall I just keep giving on a regular basis from my bank account?

Q: Is it ok to give extra zakaat than the amount that is compulsory due incase in previous years you might have made a mistake because I have a lot of doubts and think things over and over again whether I did things right?

Q: If at the beginning of a zakaat year I have above the nisaab level and then throughout the year it goes up and down of the nisaab level over and over again and at then at the end of the year on the day when zakaat is due the amount of wealth is below the nisaab level, do I have to pay zakaat?