Q: Is the responsibility of Zakat a strictly individual responsibility or can it be joint say in the case of husbands and wives? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: Zakat is strictly a personal obligatio
Q: I am getting a university grant, and a scholarship, should zakat be paid on this? if so, when should I pay it? i.e. pay today and then wait for one Islamic calendar to pass by then pay again? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما و
Q: Respected Scholars, Further to the Al-Qalam fatwa on the National Zakat Foundation (NZF) dated 25th February 2013, please can the Al-Qalam panel advise as to how the panel is assured that NZF does indeed adhere to the requireme
Q: I have recently setup a SI pension plan account where I can manage the investment but the principal and the gains are not available to me till the age of 55. Is the investment value still zakatable in the years leading up to
Q: Can we give Zakāt funds to free prisoners? Also can Zakāt funds be used to help finance their legal costs as there is no ‘ransom’ pay for most prisoners nowadays? Can we give Zakāt funds to their families left behi
Q: Can someone stuck in a riba-based loan give voluntary charity, or do they need to pay off the riba-based loan first, given that is a duty, and thereafter resume with giving voluntary charitable donations? الجواب حامدا ومصليا و
Q: Please can the Al Qalam Shari’ah Panel advise as to whether they consider the National Zakat Foundation as a suitable organisation to give Zakat money to? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: We have spent som
Q: Is is permissible to give Zakah to someone in the form of food vouchers instead of cash? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومنه الصدق والصواب A: It is permissible to give food vouchers instead of cash. However, the Zakah will only be
Q: Is is permissible to give Zakah to pay off ones debts by giving the Zakah to the creditor directly with the permission of the Zakah recipient? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومنه الصدق والصواب A: It is sufficient for the discharge
Q: Is it sufficient for the recipient of the advance payment of Zakah to be an eligible recipient at the time of receiving the Zakah or does one also have to be sure that this individual will be eligible on the actual future Zakah
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