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Answers: 118Poor-due or obligatory charity
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Did ‘Uthmaan (may Allaah be pleased with him) left the payment of zakaah to the people?
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It is permissible to pay zakaah from something other than the saved money?
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She has some orphans’ wealth in trust, and it may be consumed by zakaah; is she sinning if she does not invest it?
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Their parents invested wealth for them but they did not pay zakaah on it. What should they do?
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Which is better in Ramadan, to give zakah in the form of money or to feed the poor?
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Paying zakaah from a child’s wealth for past years
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The difference between shares and stocks
Do We Pay Zakah on Shares?
1- If the shareowner intends to trade in shares and make a profit, then zakah is due on the commercial shares, both on the price of the share and on its profit. 2- Zakah is due on profits from manufacturing companies if it reaches the nisab and one year has passed, but no zakah is due on shares in such companies except for the cash reserves of the company. 3- In the case of agricultural companies, zakah is due on the value of the shares in crops or produce, if they are of types on which zakah is due, subject to the condition that the amount of shares reaches the nisab, which is 300 saas. zakah is also due on the value of shares in the company’s cash reserves. 4- Zakah on shares in companies is one-quarter of one-tenth, i.e., 2.5%.67,882- 33,987
Is it permissible to sponsor an orphan using zakaah money?
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The connection between zakaah and the economic system and social security
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