(General issues in alms(zakat

Question: Regarding stall-fed sheep and their zakat; and regarding the zakat of a crop intended for fodder from the first day; and regarding sheep that are sometimes pastured and sometimes stall-fed; and regarding sheep that graze among quḍub (bersim/alfalfa)—are they...

Question: What is the meaning of: “Indeed, this charity is the refuse (awsaakh) of people’s wealth, and it is not lawful for Muḥammad nor for the family of Muḥammad”?

Question: If a man has a debt that is despaired of (ma’yūs), then he absolves the debtor of it, is he obliged to pay zakat for the past years or not?

Question: Is there any obligatory right in wealth besides zakat, or not?

Question: Does one sin by delaying zakat beyond its time? And if a trade commodity whose zakat was delayed fluctuates in price, on which price is the zakat calculated?

Question: If a man has a large amount of zakat, is he required to distribute it all at the end of the zakat year? Is it permissible for him to disburse it gradually throughout the year, since many poor people...

Question: It often happens that a man sells from his orchard—qāt, pomegranates, or apples—for a fixed sum. The buyer takes the produce and sells it, then comes to the seller to pay him the remainder of the price—since at the...

Question: If a man purchases a qāt plantation, irrigates it and tends it, then harvests the qāt, is zakat obligatory upon him or not?

Question: May a man shift to the madhhab of Zayd—peace be upon him—holding that zakat is not obligatory in vegetables? And is the ruling the same if the man is a trustee (waṣī) or the guardian of a minor?

Question: A man has shops that he rents out, but their annual rent does not reach the amount of zakat, which is one quarter of one-tenth (2.5%) of the value of the shops. What is the ruling in that?