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    • Aqidah (belief) >
      • variant readings of the Quran
      • calling someone a dweller of jannah; reverence for the sahaba
      • a non-baligh child utters words of kufr
      • saying bad things about Allah Ta'ala in anger
      • A Muslim said to a non-Muslim "I will accept your religion if it is better than mine"
      • status of iman of Shia Imamiya and praying behind them
      • milad in chakwal
      • questions in the grave
      • Shias beliefs
      • Barelwi beliefs
      • ya ahlal quboor
      • is milad part of islam
    • Tahara (purity) >
      • diving in sea water or swimming pool for wudu
      • conditions for socks to wipe on
      • uncontrollable passing of wind problem; rules of a madhoor / mazoor (excused person)
      • What factors invalidate wiping on leather socks
      • Dry cleaning and coin operated washing machines
      • Purifying impure tank water and various other tahara related questions
      • Did the bed and car seat become impure in this case?
      • does oil on the skin prevent wudu and ghusl; touching impure substance with oily hand; does mopping the floor purify it?
      • mazi; spot in underwear; sleeping on impure bed
      • how to purify mobile phone screen and other smooth surfaces; is there need to wash hands while washing clothes by hand; how does the ground become pure
      • mazi on tip of private part; absorbing mazi with tissue; purifying area around burst pimple
      • smell does not go away after istinja
      • Is nasal mucous pure?
      • do one's clothes become impure if a non-Muslim washes them
      • cleaning the urine of child with only tissue then putting her in bath tub
      • is ghusl compulsory immediately after sexual relationship
      • washing dense beard in wudu
      • does swearing break wudu
      • method of istinja
      • mazi, wadi, wetness on clothes
      • istinja
      • discharge from her genitals
      • discharge of semen
      • washing neck in salat
      • purifying carpet
      • touching without wudu: quran translation, tafseer, fiqh book
      • masah on regular socks
      • wudu affected by washing children
      • forgot rinsing mouth in ghusl
      • wadi
      • baby vomiting milk
      • wudu for reading quran from computer
      • washing private part in ghusl
      • washing the hands at end of wudu
      • not washing after urinating
      • tayammum due to sickness
      • ghusl when food particle in teeth
      • sperm after ghusl
      • waswasa
      • ghusl with tooth filling
      • uncovering head affecting wudu
      • miscarriage
      • saliva and body of dogs
      • washing clothes in washing machine
      • SealSkinz socks
      • seeing white in underwear
      • touching and hugging ones wife
      • leaking urine problem
      • wudu with nose ring
      • used panty liner pad in washing machine
      • reading duas without wudu
      • mazi leakage problem
      • wudu breaking due to wearing singlet
      • kalima tayyiba 70 thousand times without wudu
      • smelly borewell water
      • how to purify impure bath tub
    • Salat (prayer) >
      • giving azan at home then at masjid
      • taking children to the masjid, bringing children indoors during sunset
      • offering salat in nightie; wearing nightie in front of father and brothers
      • Nafl salat after Witr salat
      • doing qada of nafl and sunnah salats; correct time of tahiyyatul wudu; combining tahiyyatul wudu with other salats
      • wearing a topi (hat) in salat, is it sunnah or a mere tradition
      • Should one leave Sunnah Mu'akkadah salats in order to perform qada salats?
      • Various questions on salat and purity
      • Does pulling up one's pants in salat break the salat? What is definition of amal katheer?
      • qada of salats missed before first ejaculation; When to offer qada salats; doing qada of salats missed in journey at home
      • perplexed about istikhara
      • Qada Umri
      • Qadha of Salah missed while traveling
      • laziness in offering salat; not punctual in offering salat
      • ladies praying in congregation (jamat)
      • additions after salam
      • salat on a chair
      • surah in qadha salat
      • second jamat in masjid
      • qaza or nawafil better
      • Juma in a musalla
      • duration of salat
      • walk or drive to masjid
      • sajda shukr and tawba
      • offering sajda with gesture
      • forgot surah fatiha in fard
      • istikhara its reality
      • salat bareheaded
      • end of fajr time
      • second jamat 2
      • hearing ayat sajda from non baligh
      • imam who says taking interest is ok in Fiji
      • Imam didn't take muqtadi's luqmah
      • salat on plane
      • end time for isha
      • Dua after Janaza prayer
      • Offering Juma at work
      • salat on plane
      • masnoon qira'ah
      • two rak'ats before maghrib
      • doubt about validity of previous prayers
      • sajdah tilawah
      • maghrib and isha times
      • non baligh imam
      • offering sunnat of fajr when jamat is going on
      • combining two salats due to rain
      • ishraq prayer time
      • changing intention after takbeer tahreema
      • 15 year old leading salat
      • musafir praying behind a muqeem
      • reading another surah in the place of surah fatiha by mistake
      • mixing verses of the quran in salat
      • making dua in salat in another language, making dua in sajdah
      • salat on a bed, sajdah on thick blanket, reading quran with people sleeping on beds
      • saying alhamdulillah after sneezing in salat
      • child with impure clothes sits on a person praying
      • raising one's hands before or after doing ruku' in salat (raf'ul yadain)
      • ghaib janaza
      • cannot pray sitting on floor
      • fajr and isha timings
      • method of witr prayer
      • did not offer witr prayer
      • Istikhara, its indications
      • how to make up for missed prayers | qada of salat
      • praying behind imam who trims or shaves beard; importance of beard
      • doing istikhara on behalf of someone else
      • taking children to masjid; talking in masjid
    • Zakat & Sadaqa (charity) >
      • Zakat on mudarabah
      • zakat on fixed deposit
      • giving sadaqatul fitr to masjid on day of eid
      • Sadaqa al-fitr (fitrana): on whom is it compulsory; what amount has to be paid; when should it be paid; can it be given to multiple people
      • Is zakat equivalent to tax?
      • Zakat anniversary is in Safar but he pays it in Ramadan
      • Giving money with the intention of nafl sadaqa not zakat
      • zakat on extra dinner plates; giving zakat to needy Muslims of Syria
      • Who is eligible to receive sadaqatul fitr (fitrana)?
      • which nisab to follow if someone only has gold and no silver etc.
      • Who has to pay zakat on borrowed money, the borrower or the lender? And how will zakat be paid on it?
      • zakat calculation question from a retail company
      • zakat on money saved for an operation
      • buying car from auction for resale and paying zakat on it
      • zakat on superannuation
      • zakat on car bought for resale
      • paying zakat in advance
      • zakat on funds of trusts
      • giving zakat to sayid
      • zakat for previous years
      • zakat intention after giving
      • can't remember zakat day
      • collecting fitrana zakat and donation on eid day
      • zakat on jewellery for personal use
      • Zakāh on property purchased for a shop
      • calculating zakat on jewellery
      • zakat to crippled man accused of immoral conduct
      • giving sadaqa to one's siblings
      • tax deductible receipt for zakat
      • zakat to non-muslims during flood in Fiji
      • giving zakat to family member
      • zakat if in debt
      • giving zakat more than calculated amount
      • how to calculate zakat
      • zakat on lost jewellery
    • Sawm (fasting) >
      • injection in knee when fasting
      • Vowed to fast for a month then is unable to do so
      • doing blood test while fasting
      • vomiting while fasting
      • unable to fast in Ramadan due to sickness
      • doing qada fast
      • eid based on calculations
      • shawwal and qada fast together
      • 12 days of fasting in Shawwal
      • qada and kaffara of fasts
      • taking pain killer while fasting
      • using eye drops when fasting
      • using toothpaste and miswak while fasting
      • taking pills in Ramadan to stop menstruation
      • paying fidya for fasts
      • fasting on Fridays alone
    • Hajj & Umrah (pilgrimage) >
      • Is it a condition for hajj to have done qada of all salats
      • Jum'ah in Mina, Arafaat and Muzdalifa
      • umrah whenever go to Makkah
      • Mina and Muzdalifa not part of Makkah
    • Business & Finance >
      • Loyalty Rewards
      • income of airline cabin crew
      • Christmas gift card from work
      • selling something in installments; rules for collateral
      • Importing and selling pork and other haram meats
      • Can interest money be used for personal use?
      • Signing on an agreement of interest for someone else
      • Borrowing money from bank on a fixed rate
      • Pharmacist selling medicine with haram ingredients
      • leasing property to non-Muslim who will sell pork and liquor; to church groups and to betting gambling business
      • paying hospital bill with interest money
      • buying a toyota car on finance with 0% comparison rate
      • doing survey on buying pork
      • who should interest money be given to
      • ultrasound technician
      • selling cameras etc
      • selling ladies jeans and undergarments
      • CFD
      • using interest for public welfare projects
      • buying things in muharram
      • gambling
      • designing billboards etc
      • trading in currencies
      • taking interest loan to buy house
      • making pizza dough for haram food
      • insurance made compulsory by employer
      • working in IT field in insurance company
      • employing female staff
      • house and car insurance
      • taking money for teaching Quran
      • wife spending from joint account
      • spending from joint account
      • Naming shop with Islamic name
      • Parenting Payment
      • Amlak of MCCA
      • Ambulance Membership
      • public liability insurance
      • buying shares
      • public liability insurance legal requirement
      • using credit card
      • Insurance and RACV roadside assistance
      • working at KFC
      • business under wife's name
      • baby bonus payment
      • HECS-HELP loan
      • two prices for an item
      • customer said keep the change
      • getting interest to give to poor
      • MCCA Income Fund
      • working in a bank
      • FEE-HELP
      • musharaka cars were stolen inspite of security guard
      • penny auction or bidding fee auction
      • working in Coke and beer bottling company
      • superannuation management business
      • car salesman buying customers old cars
      • pharmicist selling contraception pills
      • carsalesman assisting in riba
      • selling company's cars and keeping profit
      • artificial fingernail business
      • buying insurance policy for masjid | buying carpet with insurance money
      • selling cigarettes
      • female teaching in university
      • workers timing issue
      • EFSOL home finance
      • Retaining the security deposit for breaking the contract
    • Nikah (marriage) >
      • marrying woman after commiting zina with her and impregnating her
      • doing nikah without permission of wali and without registering
      • woman travelling with her minor children and brother in-law and his family
      • marrying your brother's foster sister
      • The Mahr in Nikah was stipulated that husband will take wife to Hajj
      • making Allah and the Prophet witnesses and doing nikah
      • her wali have permission of nikah after the nikah
      • nikah with married woman
      • anal sex
      • mahr
      • halaala
      • nikah in the masjid
      • nikah fasid
      • equal love among wives
      • zina after marriage
      • nikah with sister in-law
      • obstinate husband
      • husband not giving mahr
      • wife committed zina
      • intercourse before rukhsati
      • nikah over phone
      • nikah on skype
      • marriage in Safar
      • tension between wife and her mother in-law
      • looking after one's parents in-law
      • potential father inlaw seeing face
      • step mother's children
      • white wedding dress & wedding rings
      • foster relationship through breast milk
      • abortion in 5th month of pregnancy
      • Abortion in case of expected birth of deaf child
      • wife not happy due to mother
      • wazeefas for removing friction between husband and wife and creating love between them
      • proper upbringing of children
      • nikah does not terminate due to abstaining from sexual relationship
      • maximum period of suckling child
      • advising wife and dua to have children
      • nikah via agent (wakeel / proxy)
      • husband spending on parents instead of family
      • second wife facing problems
      • oral sex and masturbating spouse
      • foster relationship by drinking grandmother's milk
      • is feast on occasion of nikah considered walimah
      • distribution of nights between two wives
      • potential couple meeting together without presence of mahram
    • Talaq (divorce) >
      • Husband said I was just about to say one talaq, bring me a man who would marry you then I'll divorce you etc
      • Before consummating marriage husband said thrice I'm divorcing you
      • Husband said You're haram on me multiple times
      • saying and writing words of talaq without intention of talaq
      • Husband said to wife in anger: You're better without me, my mother does not want you, just leave me, you're free now. Talaq.
      • Husband said "Just after 15 days of marriage, I left (or separated from) my wife, went to earn to the Middle East and supported the family for many years"
      • gift due to a wife upon divorce
      • divorce before consummation
      • interacting with ex-wife
      • wrote only T for talaq
      • husband whispered talaq
      • talaq mu'allaq
      • zihar
      • divorce through text message
      • husband gave 3 divorces in wife's menses
      • wife divorced while overseas
      • said divorce statement to scare her
    • Food & Drink >
      • advertising restaurant that sells alcohol and accepting food from it
      • Is meat of kangaroo and wallaby halal?
      • Are cheeses and yeast-containing breads halal?
      • Bundaberg Ginger Beer
      • eating prasad
      • eating a cow that was given wine to drink
      • alcohol in soft drinks
      • alcohol in dietary mixture
      • eating christmas food
      • eating prawns
      • eating crabs and squid
      • eating crows
      • cochineal
      • yeast
      • crabs, lobsters and prawns
      • natural colours and flavours
      • horse meat
      • meat of turkey and shark
      • food essence
      • alcohol in herbal tea
      • eating testicles of animals
      • cottonseed oil
      • food essence with alochol, pig leather shoes
      • drinking kava
      • Eating while standing
      • oyster sauce and worcestershire sauce
      • smoking
      • vinegar
      • vegetarian food cooked and served by non-Muslims
      • alcohol in coke and pepsi
      • eating animal tripe (stomach)
      • eating mussel
      • is kosher meat halal
      • eating eels
    • Qurbani, Aqeeqa & Slaughtering Animals >
      • What should one do with his qurbani meat?
      • Qurbani of sheep that has its tail removed
      • name giving ceremony
      • fundraising with qurbani meat
      • mechanical slaughter & stunning
      • tasmiya not by slaughterer
      • Weighing Qurbani meat
      • Qurbani of wild animals
      • one Qurbani on behalf of multiple people
      • leaving tasmiya intentionally
      • eating doubtful chicken
      • giving qurbani meat to non-muslims
      • Early Aqeeqah and repetition
    • Death & Burial >
      • Which duas to recite for one's deceased relatives?
      • 5 questions about janaza
      • re washing body of deceased
      • various questions about burial, janazah and graveyards
      • salatul janaza method
      • attending non-muslim's funeral
      • dua for deceased mother
    • Inheritance >
      • inheritance of wife, 3 daughters, a brother and a sister
      • making a will against the rules of Shariah
      • giving wealth to children during lifetime; brothers not giving inheritance share to sister
      • inheritance 1
      • inheritance 2
      • inheritance 3
      • inheritance 4
      • inheritance 5
      • inheritance of ancestral property
      • will heirs inherit this house
      • woman appointing executor
      • inheritance 6
    • Women's Issue >
      • abortion after 3 c-sections
      • abandoning niqab due to dirty looks of people
      • Can husband attend wife's delivery of baby? Some guidelines for giving birth in a hospital
      • Getting someone else to remove hair from one's arms and legs
      • Using carmine externally
      • During pregnancy, is it permissible to expose one's awrah to doctor for regular check-ups?
      • is a man's uncle a mahram of his wife
      • how much of her body can a woman expose in front of her husband and mahram
      • Can a woman address her husband with his name
      • abortion
      • bleeding from private part
      • menstruating at end of salat time
      • using tampons during menses
      • woman waxing her arms and legs
      • removing hair between eyebrows and top of lip
      • removing hair for women
      • using honey and avocado on face
      • women travelling without a mahram
      • covering face infront of non-mahrams
      • face, hands and feet
      • single woman shaving her legs and arms
      • breastfeeding in state of janaba
      • menstruation stops before habit
      • misc women's issues
      • shower naked with spouse
      • women's voice awrah
      • can a woman ride bicycle
      • body massage for women
      • wigs and hair extensions
      • piercing eyebrow and belly
      • widow and young daughter visiting grave
      • wearing saree
      • woman in iddah attending wedding
      • why women can't cut their hair; who names the child
      • dressing attractively for husband inside the house
    • Dream interpretation >
      • Dream: inside a building during storm and darkness
      • dream: travelling to Makkah by car
    • Miscellaneous >
      • swearing on the Quran
      • blowing on water after reciting
      • surgery due to bent nose and dorsal hump
      • Keeping a dog for protection of property from robbers
      • Why Muslims don't drink alcohol when they believe in Prophet Isa (A.S.)
      • watching fireworks on new-years eve
      • How punctual does one have to be to be counted as punctual on a particular deed?
      • Explanation of hadith about being kind to unkind relatives
      • When leaving a gathering is it sunnah to say salam or to make musafaha?
      • sunnah hair and lower garment
      • Will a person be questioned about sins he repented from?
      • Trimming beard to make it even on all sides
      • Dying hair with black colour is not permissible; other colours are permissible
      • dua to create love between one's parents
      • stopping others from evil
      • looking at women without lust and desire
      • removing hair from upper lip for a woman
      • can one become alim without permission of parents
      • Was Surah Mulk in the Torah?
      • chatting with a girl
      • buying and using perfume that contains alcohol
      • someone left their calculator in exam room
      • making pictures and sculptures of inanimate objects
      • darud presented in 10 format
      • Taking Allah's name inside the toilet and bathroom; children touching Quran without wudu; muqtadi renew wudu
      • dua for a disobedient or violent child
      • waswasa of kufr
      • saying or writing only salam in the place of assalamu alaikum
      • trimming beard shorter than fist size: is it major sin or minor
      • level of jannah raised due to others
      • using perfume with denatured alcohol in it; zakat on sterling silver
      • jokingly saying words of kufr
      • doing to a non-Muslim wedding
      • Saying merry christmas, happy diwali, happy new year
      • cosmetic surgery
      • red clothes for men
      • copyright
      • hereafter
      • hunting
      • gold and silver utensils
      • Honour Killing
      • leaving children with kafir grandparents
      • otoplasty surgery
      • circumsicion for adult
      • oath on mother's name
      • recreational fishing
      • Quran ring tone
      • significance of Thursday nights
      • gastroplasty surgery
      • desexing rabbit
      • reading Quran on computer
      • any dance sunnah
      • wearing English clothes
      • perfume with alcohol
      • dying beard brown
      • dua for sick
      • taking photos and vidoes
      • dua for sensitive children
      • masturbation
      • ruling of keeping beard
      • RA for Yazid Ibn Muwaiyah
      • oath by nodding head
      • name pet muslim name
      • watching tv
      • beef gelatine capsules
      • plucking between joined eyebrows
      • Giving Quran to non-muslim
      • removing stray hair from face
      • size of beard from all sides
      • illegal car racing
      • nibaaz
      • hadith about beard
      • April's fool and Halloween
      • names Haris Nabeel Hashim
      • name Jibreel
      • depression
      • income from wife's fate
      • Taweez
      • esaal sawab to the living
      • is snoring sunnah?
      • imam mahdi in 2014
      • emailing non-mahram boys
      • dua to improve eyesight
      • keeping dog for security purpose
      • are pigeons bad luck
      • women visiting graveyard
      • webcam
      • male doctor treating female patient
      • finger rings and other jewellery
      • vomitting and spitting in the toilet
      • coloured contact lenses
      • drinking from chipped portion of glass
      • laser eye surgery
      • clothes from fake fur of animals
      • alcohol and glycerine in lotion and soap
      • devilish name of school gathering
      • cartoons without music
      • male names mahad etc
      • temporary tattoo
      • OCD and whisperings of shaytan
      • carmine lipstick
      • Use of products that contain animal fat
      • harassment of Muslim women
      • false oath
      • had a bad dream etc
      • Maududi
      • upper teeth of baby coming before lower teeth
      • mother causing problems
      • vow of giving phone to masjid
      • technology in jannah
      • wearing blue turban
      • itikaf place
      • black magic
      • nails lying around the house
      • wearing jeans and denim
      • was the siwaak of the Prophet used by his wives
      • migrating to a non-Muslim country
      • sending children to public schools
      • celebrating birthday of the Prophet
      • raqs
      • Plastic Surgery
      • hijab from adopted daughter
      • permissible and impermissible clothes for men
      • replying to someone's salam
      • Names Hasan and Hassaan
      • pious children are sadaqa jariya for parents
      • children don't listen to parents
      • dying hair black
      • attaining jannatul firdaus
      • disposing unusable tafseer book and other Islamic literature
      • Australian citizenship pledge or oath
      • dua for naughty children
      • bowing before the king or others
      • dua for stopping fights between parents
      • Muqatta'aat as Zikr
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Zakat & Sadaqa (charity)


1) Could you please kindly share the fatwa / ruling for fixed deposit in an Islamic Shariah Bank?
2) How would I calculate my Zakat for these Fixed Deposits & Investments?
3) Are all these profits haram for me?

​If sadaqatul fitr should be given to poor person before Eid Salah, then why do masjids collect it on the day of Eid and what happens to it?

1) On whom is sadaqatul fitr (fitraana) compulsory? Must one pay on behalf of his wife and children too?

2) What amount has to be paid for sadaqatul fitr?

3) When should sadaqatul fitr be paid?

4) Can one give his sadaqatul fitr to two or more poor people or does he have to give it all to one person?


1) Is income tax I pay to Indian government not equivalent prima facie to zakat? 2) If not, am I not burdened twice being a Muslim?

If a person’s year for his/her Zakat starts and ends in Safr for example but he/she would like to give Zakat in Ramadan, when the following Ramadan comes will he/she give theZakaat for a year and a half to account for the six months from Safr to Ramadan or how will he/she pay their Zakaat?

If someone was to have zakat due upon him but then gives money with the intention of voluntary sadaqa, will the money be counted towards his zakat or voluntary sadaqa or both?

1) Can I pay zakat to Muslims of Syria who are suffering and have no food and no clothes ?
2) Do I have to pay zakat on my home items without which I can easily survive, i.e. items which are for the comfort of my family -- for example: fancy dinner plates which are only occasionally used?

1) Who is eligible for fitrana (sadaqatul fitr)?
2) I paid some amount as fitrana to a patient who does not have money for his medicine etc. is he eligible?


I want to know if someone has only gold and no silver, but value of gold is equal to silver nisab then is Zakat is compulsory on that gold? What will be situation if someone has some gold and some silver how to calculate zakat on these items?

Who has to pay zakat on borrowed money, the borrower or the lender? And how will zakat be paid on it?

Zakat calculation question from a retail company

I am saving money for a medical operation for myself over the last one year. The operation is planned by end of this year. Do I have to pay Zakat on this saved amount?

I want to buy a car for an auction and then I will sell to some private owner.  Is this is permissible? And do i need to pay any zakat money on this car?

I have a question regarding how does the zakat obligation applies to our superannuation savings which we cannot access until the age of retirement. As you know, superannuation contribution is compulsory saving and it accumulates with time. Currently i am not paying any zakat on my superannuation savings as i cannot access it. 

My question is when i am able to access it on retirement, do i have to pay the zakat for all the previous years or one year after i could take the money out? 

Some people are of the opinion that because we do not have complete ownership of the money in the sense that we could not take it out to pay our zakat on a yearly basis, then we are only obligated to pay zakat on the amount left one year after we can take the superannuation money out. If one has been working for 20 - 30 years, the accumulated zakat if it has to be calculated on the yearly basis is definitely going to be many more times than if it has to be calculated on the lowest balance one year after it could be withdrawn.  I appreciate if you can give your fatwa or opinion on this matter. 


If I buy a car from auction and then sell it to a private owner, how do I calculate a zakat on it? For example, if I buy a car for $1500 and then sell it for $2300, how much zakat do I need to pay?

My sister has taken away my wife's jewellery which was kept with her as amanat ... She is not returning the jewellery and says that it is lost and she will return it once she finds it. Do I have to pay zakat on that jewellery?  

How is zakat calculated? On what things is zakat compulsory? 

Can I give more amount of zakaat than the calculated amount to cover any mistakes in estimation. Would that extra amount be considered as zakaat or I have to make some other niyat for it?

Also, can I give zakaat earlier than one year if I intend to do it in the month of Ramadan? 


Is zakat compulsory on me? I earned $34,000 during the last financial year working as a security guard in Melbourne. I'm also a full-time international student. My two years tuition fees is more than $18,000. Jazakallahu Khairan. 

I heard that we can give zakat to our family members who are in need of financial support.  
 
I have a sister in law who is a divorcee with two children.  Her ex-husband has to pay for maintenance about A$600 per month.  i am not sure whether she is eligible to receive zakat from me.  she lives with her mother and other siblings so in a way she is not really in very hard financial position because they provide the extra support. Anyway, i still like to know whether I could give some of my zakat to her without her knowledge that it is my zakat contribution. 


During the recent floods which hit Fiji (January and April of 2012), everyone was affected. The floods were indiscriminate - i.e., they affected Hindu, Muslim and Christian in the same way. 

If you have been to Fiji, you would be aware that most settlements are of mixed composition (with the exception of traditional Fijian villages). You would also be aware that communities live in peaceful co-existence on the ground level.

Let's say, in a settlement of 20 families, you have 6 Christian, 8 Hindu and, 6 Muslim who are living in a peaceful manner as far as religion is concerned. They all respect each other as far as their faiths is concerned. And when the flood hit the settlement, it hit all the families alike.

My question is:
Is it permissible to use Zakaat funds to help these non-muslims who have been affected by the floods as well? 


Can I use tax deductible receipts for my zakat to reduce my taxable income?

Can we give sadaqa to our real brother or sister?

Should Zakaat payments to a partially crippled man be continued although he has been accused of immoral conduct?

I am finding it confusing on which price our Zakat is supposed to be based on. As an example, Zakat has become compulsory on me. Now, I had bought this gold from the shop for $50. And if, for example, now I sell it, the price will obviously go down. So for instance I will be selling it for $40 to the gold shop owner.

Me question is: will I be paying Zakat on the $50 (the price I bought it for from the shop) or is it on the $40 (the price I am selling it for)?

Is it true that there is no Zakat on jewellery that a woman has for her personal use, not for business purpose?

I would like to know whether it is permissable for the trustees of the mosque to collect fitrana, zakaat and donation on the Eid day?

I want to pay my zakat but I forgot the date on which I became the owner of nisab. What should I do in this case?

Can somebody pay Zakat in advance? Also, when paying in advance if he paid more than what was due on him, can he count the additional amount in next year's Zakat?

Is Zakat compulsory on the funds of a charitable trust?

Can Zakat be given to a Sayyed family? I know that it cannot be given; but what if they are in need for their children’s education or in need of household items? I want to help them. Please do let me know as others are against it. Jazakallah in advance for your reply.

Can interest money be used to pay for toilet facility and wudu khanas (ablution facility) for an orphanage?

I have tried to work out to the best of my ability (Insha Allah) how much Zakat to give for previous years that I missed, and also for the current year. I intend to give more than I should  to be on safe side. However, I need to know how to give it away now:
1) What should the niyat (intention) be for the previous years?
2) I think you're supposed to give it directly to the poor but can I give through Websites such as ---- or ---- ?  Isn’t this through a third party?
3) Also I'm confused about lunar year and normal year. My Zakah is every 6th of June annually in the normal year; but how do I give in every lunar year? Please explain all this to me. May Allah reward you abundantly.

If someone gives a poor person some money without the intention of Zakat, can he make intention of Zakat afterwards?

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      • zakat to non-muslims during flood in Fiji
      • giving zakat to family member
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      • giving zakat more than calculated amount
      • how to calculate zakat
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    • Nikah (marriage) >
      • marrying woman after commiting zina with her and impregnating her
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      • tension between wife and her mother in-law
      • looking after one's parents in-law
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      • step mother's children
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      • foster relationship through breast milk
      • abortion in 5th month of pregnancy
      • Abortion in case of expected birth of deaf child
      • wife not happy due to mother
      • wazeefas for removing friction between husband and wife and creating love between them
      • proper upbringing of children
      • nikah does not terminate due to abstaining from sexual relationship
      • maximum period of suckling child
      • advising wife and dua to have children
      • nikah via agent (wakeel / proxy)
      • husband spending on parents instead of family
      • second wife facing problems
      • oral sex and masturbating spouse
      • foster relationship by drinking grandmother's milk
      • is feast on occasion of nikah considered walimah
      • distribution of nights between two wives
      • potential couple meeting together without presence of mahram
    • Talaq (divorce) >
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      • saying and writing words of talaq without intention of talaq
      • Husband said to wife in anger: You're better without me, my mother does not want you, just leave me, you're free now. Talaq.
      • Husband said "Just after 15 days of marriage, I left (or separated from) my wife, went to earn to the Middle East and supported the family for many years"
      • gift due to a wife upon divorce
      • divorce before consummation
      • interacting with ex-wife
      • wrote only T for talaq
      • husband whispered talaq
      • talaq mu'allaq
      • zihar
      • divorce through text message
      • husband gave 3 divorces in wife's menses
      • wife divorced while overseas
      • said divorce statement to scare her
    • Food & Drink >
      • advertising restaurant that sells alcohol and accepting food from it
      • Is meat of kangaroo and wallaby halal?
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      • Bundaberg Ginger Beer
      • eating prasad
      • eating a cow that was given wine to drink
      • alcohol in soft drinks
      • alcohol in dietary mixture
      • eating christmas food
      • eating prawns
      • eating crabs and squid
      • eating crows
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      • natural colours and flavours
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      • drinking kava
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      • smoking
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      • vegetarian food cooked and served by non-Muslims
      • alcohol in coke and pepsi
      • eating animal tripe (stomach)
      • eating mussel
      • is kosher meat halal
      • eating eels
    • Qurbani, Aqeeqa & Slaughtering Animals >
      • What should one do with his qurbani meat?
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      • name giving ceremony
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      • mechanical slaughter & stunning
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      • one Qurbani on behalf of multiple people
      • leaving tasmiya intentionally
      • eating doubtful chicken
      • giving qurbani meat to non-muslims
      • Early Aqeeqah and repetition
    • Death & Burial >
      • Which duas to recite for one's deceased relatives?
      • 5 questions about janaza
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    • Inheritance >
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      • making a will against the rules of Shariah
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      • inheritance 5
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    • Women's Issue >
      • abortion after 3 c-sections
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      • Can husband attend wife's delivery of baby? Some guidelines for giving birth in a hospital
      • Getting someone else to remove hair from one's arms and legs
      • Using carmine externally
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      • is a man's uncle a mahram of his wife
      • how much of her body can a woman expose in front of her husband and mahram
      • Can a woman address her husband with his name
      • abortion
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      • menstruating at end of salat time
      • using tampons during menses
      • woman waxing her arms and legs
      • removing hair between eyebrows and top of lip
      • removing hair for women
      • using honey and avocado on face
      • women travelling without a mahram
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      • face, hands and feet
      • single woman shaving her legs and arms
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      • misc women's issues
      • shower naked with spouse
      • women's voice awrah
      • can a woman ride bicycle
      • body massage for women
      • wigs and hair extensions
      • piercing eyebrow and belly
      • widow and young daughter visiting grave
      • wearing saree
      • woman in iddah attending wedding
      • why women can't cut their hair; who names the child
      • dressing attractively for husband inside the house
    • Dream interpretation >
      • Dream: inside a building during storm and darkness
      • dream: travelling to Makkah by car
    • Miscellaneous >
      • swearing on the Quran
      • blowing on water after reciting
      • surgery due to bent nose and dorsal hump
      • Keeping a dog for protection of property from robbers
      • Why Muslims don't drink alcohol when they believe in Prophet Isa (A.S.)
      • watching fireworks on new-years eve
      • How punctual does one have to be to be counted as punctual on a particular deed?
      • Explanation of hadith about being kind to unkind relatives
      • When leaving a gathering is it sunnah to say salam or to make musafaha?
      • sunnah hair and lower garment
      • Will a person be questioned about sins he repented from?
      • Trimming beard to make it even on all sides
      • Dying hair with black colour is not permissible; other colours are permissible
      • dua to create love between one's parents
      • stopping others from evil
      • looking at women without lust and desire
      • removing hair from upper lip for a woman
      • can one become alim without permission of parents
      • Was Surah Mulk in the Torah?
      • chatting with a girl
      • buying and using perfume that contains alcohol
      • someone left their calculator in exam room
      • making pictures and sculptures of inanimate objects
      • darud presented in 10 format
      • Taking Allah's name inside the toilet and bathroom; children touching Quran without wudu; muqtadi renew wudu
      • dua for a disobedient or violent child
      • waswasa of kufr
      • saying or writing only salam in the place of assalamu alaikum
      • trimming beard shorter than fist size: is it major sin or minor
      • level of jannah raised due to others
      • using perfume with denatured alcohol in it; zakat on sterling silver
      • jokingly saying words of kufr
      • doing to a non-Muslim wedding
      • Saying merry christmas, happy diwali, happy new year
      • cosmetic surgery
      • red clothes for men
      • copyright
      • hereafter
      • hunting
      • gold and silver utensils
      • Honour Killing
      • leaving children with kafir grandparents
      • otoplasty surgery
      • circumsicion for adult
      • oath on mother's name
      • recreational fishing
      • Quran ring tone
      • significance of Thursday nights
      • gastroplasty surgery
      • desexing rabbit
      • reading Quran on computer
      • any dance sunnah
      • wearing English clothes
      • perfume with alcohol
      • dying beard brown
      • dua for sick
      • taking photos and vidoes
      • dua for sensitive children
      • masturbation
      • ruling of keeping beard
      • RA for Yazid Ibn Muwaiyah
      • oath by nodding head
      • name pet muslim name
      • watching tv
      • beef gelatine capsules
      • plucking between joined eyebrows
      • Giving Quran to non-muslim
      • removing stray hair from face
      • size of beard from all sides
      • illegal car racing
      • nibaaz
      • hadith about beard
      • April's fool and Halloween
      • names Haris Nabeel Hashim
      • name Jibreel
      • depression
      • income from wife's fate
      • Taweez
      • esaal sawab to the living
      • is snoring sunnah?
      • imam mahdi in 2014
      • emailing non-mahram boys
      • dua to improve eyesight
      • keeping dog for security purpose
      • are pigeons bad luck
      • women visiting graveyard
      • webcam
      • male doctor treating female patient
      • finger rings and other jewellery
      • vomitting and spitting in the toilet
      • coloured contact lenses
      • drinking from chipped portion of glass
      • laser eye surgery
      • clothes from fake fur of animals
      • alcohol and glycerine in lotion and soap
      • devilish name of school gathering
      • cartoons without music
      • male names mahad etc
      • temporary tattoo
      • OCD and whisperings of shaytan
      • carmine lipstick
      • Use of products that contain animal fat
      • harassment of Muslim women
      • false oath
      • had a bad dream etc
      • Maududi
      • upper teeth of baby coming before lower teeth
      • mother causing problems
      • vow of giving phone to masjid
      • technology in jannah
      • wearing blue turban
      • itikaf place
      • black magic
      • nails lying around the house
      • wearing jeans and denim
      • was the siwaak of the Prophet used by his wives
      • migrating to a non-Muslim country
      • sending children to public schools
      • celebrating birthday of the Prophet
      • raqs
      • Plastic Surgery
      • hijab from adopted daughter
      • permissible and impermissible clothes for men
      • replying to someone's salam
      • Names Hasan and Hassaan
      • pious children are sadaqa jariya for parents
      • children don't listen to parents
      • dying hair black
      • attaining jannatul firdaus
      • disposing unusable tafseer book and other Islamic literature
      • Australian citizenship pledge or oath
      • dua for naughty children
      • bowing before the king or others
      • dua for stopping fights between parents
      • Muqatta'aat as Zikr
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