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Vol 27 No 06

The Majlis Vol 27 No 06

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I have purchased a property.

Yes, Zakaat has to be paid on the amount kept in trust by the lawyer. As long as transfer has not been effected, the money remains your property.

Zakaat The Majlis Vol 27 No 06, p.2

My husband has not yet paid my Mehr.

Zakaat will be payable on the Mehr only when it is given to you. Zakaat on the Mehr will not be paid for the years that you had no possession thereof.

Zakaat The Majlis Vol 27 No 06, p.3

I have received salary in advance.

If the advance salary is still in your possession at the end of your Zakaat year, then Zakaat is payable on it. If it was used up, then Zakaat is not payable.

Zakaat The Majlis Vol 27 No 06, p.6

A person is a faasiq.

It is not permissible to give Zakaat or Lillah or even interest to the type of flagrant sinner you have described.

Zakaat The Majlis Vol 27 No 06, p.7

I am flying from Abu Dhabi to Jeddah.

If the plane does not overfly any Meeqaat, then you may don Ihraam in Jeddah. If the flight is directly to Jeddah from Abu Dhabi, then it will not enter the Meeqaat zone. We are…

Hajj and Umrah The Majlis Vol 27 No 06, p.10

I do not have the Zakaat Nisaab amount.

If a person does not have the Zakaat Nisaab, then whatever he gives, whether 2.5%, more or less, will be Nafl Sadqah for which there is much reward. It will not be Zakaat.

Zakaat The Majlis Vol 27 No 06, p.10