Using zakaat funds to purchase food hampers
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?
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Using zakaat funds to purchase an item for a school
Q: Will zakaat be fulfilled if it is used to purchase an item for a school?
Zakaat on the Payout Received from an Insurance Company for the Previous Years
Q: Is zakaat compulsory on the payout received from an insurance company for the previous years?
Zakaat on a person who cancels his intention of resale
Q: A person purchased an item for resale purposes but thereafter cancelled his intention. After some time, he decided to once again sell the item. Will zakaat be fardh on the item?
Zakaat on the Payout received from a Provident-fund, Pension-fund or Retirement-fund
Q: Is zakaat waajib on the payout received from a provident-fund, pension-fund or retirement-fund?
Zakaat given under the Pretext of a Gift or a Loan
Q: Will the zakaat be fulfilled if it is given under the pretext of a gift or a loan?
Using zakaat funds to pay a poor person’s municipal account
Q: Will zakaat be discharged by paying a poor person’s light or water account?
Giving zakaat to a person one mistakenly regarded as eligible for zakaat
Q: A person gave zakaat to a muslim whom he regarded to be eligible for zakaat. However, after giving him the zakaat, he discovered that he was not a recipient of zakaat. Is the zakaat discharged?
The people not eligible to receive zakaat
Q: Which people are not eligible to receive zakaat?
Zakaat on Goods which one has not yet Received
Q: Zaid purchased a consignment of goods from Pakistan with the intention of resale. The goods were thereafter shipped to South Africa. The shipment has not yet reached the port of South Africa and Zaid’s zakaatable year ended. Will Zaid have to pay zakaat upon these goods which he has not as yet taken possession of?