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Answers: 13Subcategories: 2Conditions for Zakah Being Obligatory
Is zakaah waived because of having to offer expiation (kafaarah)?
7,427Evidence That the Rate of Zakah is 2.5%
The authentic Sunnah states that the zakah on gold and silver is one quarter of one tenth, i.e., 2.5%. A similar rate applies to trade goods and currency nowadays70,618Is zakaah due on his money in the bank to which he does not have access?
18,344Do I Pay Zakah If I Am in Debt?
The one who has any zakatable wealth must pay Zakah on it, when one year has passed since he acquired it, even if he has debts, according to the more correct of the two scholarly opinions. Prophet Muhammad used to command his agents to take Zakah from those who owed Zakah, and he did not tell them to ask them whether they had any debts or not.121,432He got a certified cheque in order to buy a house and one year has passed; does he have to pay zakaah?
5,980No zakaah is due if one ceased to own the nisaab (minimum threshold) before the year was complete
8,255He owns shares, but is in debt. How should he pay zakaah?
12,449Zakaah in Ramadaan – should it be paid on all one’s wealth?
9,832Does a woman have to pay zakaah on the second part of the dowry?
21,499If a woman trades her gold for other gold, is the year (for zakaah) interrupted?
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