Q: Is zakāh necessary on child benefit payments? I wanted to know who is considered the owner of the child benefit given by the government. Is it the child or the mother? I believe that if it is the mother then zakāh will be compulsory. الجواب حامدًا و مصليًا و منه الصدق و الصواب A: […]
Read more...Category: Zakat Fatawa
Are Muslims allowed to donate their Zakah to hospitals and clinics?
Q: Are Muslims allowed to donate their Zakāh to hospitals and clinics? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: The obligation of Zakāh is only discharged when one makes an eligible recipient owner of the Zakāh. Whilst hospitals and clinics can be worthwhile causes they do not themselves qualify as eligible recipients. However, if […]
Read more...Is it a priority to give Zakah here locally, to the needy in the UK or to the poor abroad?
Q: Is it a priority to give Zakāh here locally, to the needy in the UK or to the poor abroad? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: There are several competing reasons as to how and where we should pay our Zakāh. For example: it is commendable to distribute Zakāh amongst relatives as […]
Read more...Do I have to pay zakah on money that I have only had in my possession for 2 months?
Q: Do I have to pay zakāh on money that I have only had in my possession for 2 months? I am a retired government servant and receive a pension. Besides this, the only other source of my income is rent I receive from a house. I live in another house which I own. I […]
Read more...Do I still have to pay zakah on my frozen pension fund?
Q: Do I still have to pay zakāh on my frozen pension fund? I have a pension which is now frozen where I have selected the funds. The pension is invested in shares. Both myself and my employer had contributed to the pension. The pension has made a profit. Can you please confirm the following: […]
Read more...Do I still have to pay zakah on my badly-performing pension fund?
Q: Do I still have to pay zakāh on my badly-performing pension fund? If someone has a fund, which they have control over where it is invested, but they still can’t liquidate or access any part of it till they are 55, then s/he has to pay zakāh on the value of the fund (not […]
Read more...How would I calculate my zakah as I am self-employed?
Q: How would I calculate my zakāh as I am self-employed? I am a locum Pharmacist and work as a limited company. My wages gets paid into my company account and not directly into my current account and as a self-employed person the fees I get paid are a gross amount which are liable to […]
Read more...As a higher rate taxpayer – I can reclaim some of my Zakah back from HMRC- How do I treat this?
Q: As a higher rate taxpayer – I can reclaim some of my Zakah back from HMRC – How do I treat this? I am a higher rate taxpayer and would claim gift aid on my zakāh “donation”. If I give £100, the charity will be able to claim another £28 or so. Fine. My […]
Read more...Can student loans be taken off as a liability for zakah purposes?
Q: Can student loans be taken off as a liability for zakāh purposes? 31st December 2010 Is a Student Loan added to ones zakāh liability section as a whole in every zakāh year until it is paid off unlike most deferred payment loans such as mortgages, where only the coming 12 months instalments will be […]
Read more...Can zakah be given to welfare projects?
Q: Can zakāh be given to welfare projects? الجواب حامدًا و مصليًا و منه الصدق و الصواب A: The dominant and more correct opinion is that zakāh revenues cannot be utilised for general projects such as water purification plants, building wells, etc.[1] [1]For a detailed explanation, please read the Utilisation of Zakāh for Welfare Projects […]
Read more...Do students have to pay zakah on money from a student loan, if they have it in their possession?
Q: Do students have to pay zakāh on money from a student loan, if they have it in their possession? For e.g. a person took out tuition fee loan and maintenance loan (not grant) which roughly comes to about £6000. From that, £3000 is automatically taken by the university i.e. tuition fee which leaves a […]
Read more...Are pensions considered to be a “zakatable” asset?
Q: Are pensions considered to be a “zakātable” asset? الجواب حامدًا و مصليًا و منه الصدق و الصواب A: Final Salary pension schemes are not zakātable assets. Average Salary schemes also follow the same rule. Money Purchase schemes and Private Pension schemes wherein the pension fund is invested on behalf of and sometimes at the […]
Read more...