Q: If I have a pension, which I don’t know any details about, do I pay zakāh on the contributions and is it considered haram? I work for a big company and when I started in Feb 2009 the company inserted me on a default pension scheme. This would be 3% of my contribution and […]
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Should I be paying for the maintenance of my sister if my parents are deceased?
Q: Should I be paying for the maintenance of my sister if my parents are deceased? I am working in the UK and my eldest sister lives in India with my other sister after the death of my elder brother few years back. My other sister bears all the expenditure for my eldest sister at […]
Read more...Am I responsible if my wife engages in interest-based activities?
Q: Am I responsible if my wife engages in interest-based activities? I understand that riba is a very serious and major sin. I have been Muslim for four years and am looking to marry a sister insha’Allah. But I just found out recently that she is paying for an interest-only mortgage for her family’s home […]
Read more...Do I pay zakah on an investment from which I get no return, but whose value rises?
Q: Do I pay zakāh on an investment from which I get no return, but whose value rises? I had about £51,300 on which I paid zakāh this year which left me with about £50,000. I then invested that £50,000 into a company. So now I own 5% percentage of that company. I am not […]
Read more...Is zakah necessary on child benefit payments?
Q: Is zakāh necessary on child benefit payments? I wanted to know who is considered the owner of the child benefit given by the government. Is it the child or the mother? I believe that if it is the mother then zakāh will be compulsory. الجواب حامدًا و مصليًا و منه الصدق و الصواب A: […]
Read more...Are Muslims allowed to donate their Zakah to hospitals and clinics?
Q: Are Muslims allowed to donate their Zakāh to hospitals and clinics? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: The obligation of Zakāh is only discharged when one makes an eligible recipient owner of the Zakāh. Whilst hospitals and clinics can be worthwhile causes they do not themselves qualify as eligible recipients. However, if […]
Read more...Is it a priority to give Zakah here locally, to the needy in the UK or to the poor abroad?
Q: Is it a priority to give Zakāh here locally, to the needy in the UK or to the poor abroad? الجواب حامدا ومصليا ومسلما ومنه الصدق والصواب A: There are several competing reasons as to how and where we should pay our Zakāh. For example: it is commendable to distribute Zakāh amongst relatives as […]
Read more...Do I have to pay zakah on money that I have only had in my possession for 2 months?
Q: Do I have to pay zakāh on money that I have only had in my possession for 2 months? I am a retired government servant and receive a pension. Besides this, the only other source of my income is rent I receive from a house. I live in another house which I own. I […]
Read more...Is it permissible for my mother to be using my father’s life insurance payout and keeping it?
Q: Is it permissible for my mother to be using my father’s life insurance payout and keeping it? My father took out life insurance in 1987. He did not know it was haram. I think on the policy it says 60% equity and 40 % property. I am not sure how much my father payed […]
Read more...Do I still have to pay zakah on my frozen pension fund?
Q: Do I still have to pay zakāh on my frozen pension fund? I have a pension which is now frozen where I have selected the funds. The pension is invested in shares. Both myself and my employer had contributed to the pension. The pension has made a profit. Can you please confirm the following: […]
Read more...Do I HAVE to use an Islamic account for my business banking?
Q: Do I HAVE to use an Islamic account for my business banking? I have recently set up a limited company and need to open a business account. The only ‘halal’ business account I can find is from the Islamic Bank of Britain. My issue with them is that they charge for almost everything including […]
Read more...Do I still have to pay zakah on my badly-performing pension fund?
Q: Do I still have to pay zakāh on my badly-performing pension fund? If someone has a fund, which they have control over where it is invested, but they still can’t liquidate or access any part of it till they are 55, then s/he has to pay zakāh on the value of the fund (not […]
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