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 […]
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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...Is it permissible for my mother to be using my father’s life insurance payout and keeping it?
Q: Is it permissible for my mother to be using my father’s life insurance payout and keeping it? My father took out life insurance in 1987. He did not know it was haram. I think on the policy it says 60% equity and 40 % property. I am not sure how much my father payed […]
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 HAVE to use an Islamic account for my business banking?
Q: Do I HAVE to use an Islamic account for my business banking? I have recently set up a limited company and need to open a business account. The only ‘halal’ business account I can find is from the Islamic Bank of Britain. My issue with them is that they charge for almost everything including […]
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...Is my income as a para-planner halal?
Q: Is my income as a para-planner ḥalāl, since I will be doing the research but not the advising on the different products (life insurance, mortgages, fixed interest bonds, mutual funds with non sharīʿah compliant companies etc)? I am currently training as a para-planner at a small independent financial advisory firm and I wish to […]
Read more...Is it permitted to claim unemployment benefits if one is readily able to find work but prefers to stay at home instead?
Q: Is it permitted to claim unemployment benefits if one is readily able to find work but prefers to stay at home instead? الجواب حامدًا و مصليًا و منه الصدق و الصواب A: There are two main unemployment benefits: · Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) · Income Support (IS). JSA can only be rightfully claimed by […]
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 […]
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