Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question The site mentions that in more affluent countries, we should use the Nisab as Gold when giving Zakat and silver to poorer countries. My question about the person taking the Zakat is, I understand Hirman-al-Zakat. If they have more personal items than nisab, then they cannot take Zakat. But […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I was born into a family where we considered ourselves “Muslims by the name.” Still, we didn’t do daily prayers, were quite secular, and didn’t take practicing Islam seriously, especially me. I went to a Sunday Islamic school for a few months as a 7-year-old but did not learn […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Since philanthropy is a great advantage of Islam, I began to inquire about accepting money from non-Muslims or giving money to non-Muslims through zakat or charity, so I had to write academic research on this topic in order to study it, which led me to come to your presence […]

Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat Question I told my uncle that I am thinking to give zakat to Mrs. X (I didn’t send him any money and didn’t specify any amount) . Now, my uncle used his own money to pay zakat to Mrs. X without letting me know. He told Mrs. X that this […]