Q1) Can I give zakat to my friend who is very poor. Though he is doing some work but the earning is not sufficient to take care of his family of 4 kids. Can I give him all my zakat so that he can start a small business / shop for his earnings, I dont want to give small amount of zakat to many people but whole zakat amount to one so that he can start his business and become eligible to give zakat and help other poors in future. [04 Sep, 2010]

How to acess zakat , i am drawing gross salary 3.50 lacs per annum?[04 Sep, 2010]

Can you please let us know, if money from Sadaqa and Zakaat can be loaned for Masjid construction? Loan does not mean permanent donation, loan here means for a specific time period only. Then the money will be returned back to the Zakaat handling person.[24 Aug, 2010]

My wife is having 640 grams Gold ornaments. Last year I have calculated and paid zakath for this. This year I purchased 16 grams of gold ornament. Now I have 2 questions : (1). Last year I paid zakath for 640 grams, so Is it farz to pay this year also ? or is it enough to pay zakath for only the newly bought 16 grams gold? or to pay zakath for the whole 640+16 grams? (2). Is it Farz for the husband to pay zakath for wife's Gold ornaments ?[18 Aug, 2010]

I have Mutual funds which are meant to save tax and they can not be withdrawn until minimum 3 years are passed. Their amount based on return on investment is likely to change every year. It usually go up. Whether i have to pay zakaat on all of the amount every year or only in the year when i withdraw the amount or only in the year when i deposited the amount. Pls help[24 Aug, 2010]

One of my friend's kid need to undergo surgery (Cochlear Implantation Surgery) to get hearing ability. The cost of operation will be more than 6 LAKHS. Father of this kid cannot afford this cost, as he is hailing from poor family. From our friend's circle, we would like to contribute for this surgery. Can our contribution be given with Zakkaat Niyyath? Will it be accepted as Zakkat? Patient family is muslim and father's earning is very less. Please pray for this kid.[22 Jul, 2010]

My husband took loan from bank for business. He made loss in business and it is closed. He lost his job with higher salary and now his current job he is not able to pay off his debt to bank. I am helping him in other expenses. I want to know can i give zakat money to him.[21 Jul, 2010]

What is the procedure of zakat. [21 Jul, 2010]

I am govt. employee, I have purchased House on loan. I am having about Rs. 10 lakhs loan. I am also having about 4 lakhs rupees gold. As my loan is more than my wealth, in this contest Zakat is wajib on me or not, kindly clarify.[21 Jul, 2010]

We have 19 tola gold since 17.02.2002 to till date.Kindly calculatethe adjuct amount of zakat to till date.[21 Jul, 2010]

Assalamualaikum I have a question regarding the zakat on plots. I am from Nanded (Maharashtra). In Nanded, My family owns a house and a plot. I am working in a company in hyderabad so stay in hyderabad in a rented house and pay a rent nearly 4000. We have kept the plot with the following intention. 1. we will sell it when some urgent need arise. 2. We will sell that plot to build a house in hyderabad. So will i have to pay zakat on that plot? [22 Jul, 2010]

I have bought a land in the year 2001 for investment purpose. My intention was to sell it and utilize its money for the purpose of building our house whenever we plan to have one since we don?t have our own house yet and are still renting it from outside. Later on, I bought a land and am now building my house on it without selling out the previous land. Now, I have changed my plan to sell that plot and have decided to keep it until, either I decide to sell it or do some sort of business on it. I want to know, (1) Do I have to pay zakat on this land that I bought with the intention to sell and have not sold yet. (2) If so, since when? (3) At what rate per square unit? Kindly advise.[20 Jul, 2010]

My mother-in-law is a widow and she is earning Rs.13,000 every month from her pension, her husband's half pension and also through rent.Whenever she has to pay zakat she will cry that she has to give so much and now she says some one has said to her that as now she is widow now she can ask her sons to pay zakat. Is it correct that her son can pay zakat? As she doesn't spend a single amount on her sons.[01 May, 2010]

My income is from two kind of sources one is absolutely halal (i.e from my salary and ancestral land) and other portion is from (bribes, interests etc.). My questions is that if I spend part of my money from halal portion in charity i.e. donation towards construction of mosque or similar things, will it be acceptable to Allah and the prayer of the people offering in such mosques with full knowledge of my financial background will be valid??[11 Apr, 2010]

Can Mufti Sahib, give me jawaab to this two following question. 1 - Is there any difference in Zakâte between halaaq (هلاك) and istihlaaq (استهلاك). 2 - If after the Shar'ee year somebody have 10000 euros. His zakate will be 250 euros. But before he give his zakate, he spend all 10000 rands (ex : he bought a car or food, any think). Must he paid his 250 rands zakaate. [21 Apr, 2010]