Question:   A woman who has due Mahr from her husband which is equivalent of nisab of zakah but has no other cash or savings, can this woman receive zakah money?

Answer: If the husband is capable of paying the mahr cash on instant demand by his wife, then she will be regarded as a wealthy woman and she will not be allowed to receive zakah. However, if the husband is not capable of paying it instantly and the mahr itself is not payable instantly (due to a contract for paying it later) then she can receive the zakah money as mentioned in the question.

Reference: [1] Fatwa Shami vol-6:312

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Question:  If anyone gives Sadaqatul Fitr before or after the Eid jamah will he be discharged from wajib?

Answer:  If anyone gives Sadaqatul Fitre before or after the Eid jamah, the duty of wajib will be discharged upon receipt by the beneficiary (Al-Bahr). However, it is better not to delay than the Eidul fitr day because the main purpose of giving Sadaqah is to benefit the needy on Eid day.

References: [1] Abu Dawud:1609 [2] I`laus Sunan vol-6, p-2836 [3] Al-Bahrur Raiq vol-2:403 [4] Badaius Sanai, vol-2:572 [5] Hidaya vol-1:211

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Answer: If the loan money is up to the nisab i.e due to the level of payable amount of Zakat, then Zakat will be wajib to pay. The money lender still remains the owner of that money, so whenever he wants to retrieve the money back he can. Thus the money will be regarded as he possess as he would in first place. If the Zakat has not been paid while remained loan to other person, then you can pay it in all together after it has been retrieved. Or alternatively, it can be paid in advance before retrieving it back.

 Reference: [1] Ad durr-ul-Mukhtar vol-3:237

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Answer: One of the conditions for discharging the zakah is that the zakah should be transferred to a particular real person (and not a fictitious person) who is entitled to receive zakah, therefore the categories mentioned in the question is not a valid way of disbursement of the zakah money because in this case the property is not transferred to a particular real person. Likewise if anyone has paid zakah to the above mentioned places then he needs to re-pay the zakah again.

Reference: [1] Fatwa Shami vol-3:244

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Answer: The jewelleries that are up to the nisab of a woman is liable to pay the zakah in all situation whether they wear it regularly or not.

Note: It is advisable to always minimise the use of gold jewelleries up to the nisab so that you would not be liable to pay Zakah unless you are in a position to pay zakah.

Reference: [1] Fatwa Shami vol-3:244

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