Ayatullah Sistani - Alms Tax - Index

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani

Alms Tax (Zakat)

1. Alms Tax: Things on Which Zakat is Obligatory

Conditions For Zakat To Become Obligatory (Wajib)

1. Alms Tax: Conditions for Zakat to Become Obligatory

Zakat Of Wheat, Barley, And Raisins

1. Alms Tax: The Nisab of Wheat, Barley, Dates, and Raisins

2. Alms Tax: Consuming Produce Before Giving Zakat

3. Alms Tax: The Death of the Owner of the Produce

4. Alms Tax: Asking for Zakat by an Appointed Collector

5. Alms Tax: Zakat Becoming Obligatory After Ownership

6. Alms Tax: Selling the Crop After Zakat Becomes Obligatory

7. Alms Tax: Purchasing Produce Subject to Zakat

8. Alms Tax: Weight Reducing Below the Nisab After Drying

9. Alms Tax: Consuming Produce Before It Becomes Dry

10. Alms Tax: Zakat on Different Kinds of Dates

11. Alms Tax: Produce Not Liable for Zakat Again

12. Alms Tax: The Amount of Zakat Based on the Method of Irrigation

13. Alms Tax: The Amount of Zakat for Mixed Methods of Irrigation

14. Alms Tax: Doubt Regarding the Method of Irrigation

15. Alms Tax: Doubt Between Mixed and Manual Irrigation

16. Alms Tax: Supplementary Irrigation That Does Not Increase the Crop

17. Alms Tax: Crops Utilising Moisture from Adjacent Land

18. Alms Tax: Deducting Expenses from the Produce

19. Alms Tax: Deducting Seeds Used in Farming

20. Alms Tax: Produce Taken by the Government

21. Alms Tax: Deducting Expenses Before or After Zakat Becomes Due

22. Alms Tax: Deducting Expenses Incurred After Zakat Becomes Due

23. Alms Tax: Giving the Value of Zakat

24. Alms Tax: Submitting the Crop as Joint Ownership Before Harvesting

25. Alms Tax: Charging Rent for the Crop Staying on the Land

26. Alms Tax: Crops Ripening at Different Times in Various Towns

27. Alms Tax: Bearing Fruit Twice a Year

28. Alms Tax: Giving Fresh Dates or Grapes for Zakat

29. Alms Tax: Substituting Fresh and Dry Produce for Zakat

30. Alms Tax: Zakat and Debts of a Deceased Person

31. Alms Tax: Zakat on Inherited Produce and Outstanding Debts

32. Alms Tax: Zakat on Mixed Quality Produce

The Taxable Limit (Nisab) For Gold

1. Alms Tax: The Nisabs for Gold

The Nisab For Silver

1. Alms Tax: The Nisabs for Silver

2. Alms Tax: Annual Zakat on Gold and Silver

3. Alms Tax: Zakat on Minted Gold and Silver

4. Alms Tax: Zakat on Gold and Silver Coins Used as Ornaments

5. Alms Tax: Owning Gold and Silver Below the Nisab

6. Alms Tax: Maintaining the Nisab for Eleven Months

7. Alms Tax: Exchanging or Melting Gold and Silver

8. Alms Tax: Melting Gold and Silver Coins in the Twelfth Month

9. Alms Tax: Gold and Silver Coins Containing Alloy

10. Alms Tax: Paying Zakat with Coins of Higher Alloy or Other Metals

Zakat Of Camels, Cows, And Sheep

1. Alms Tax: Grazing and Working Conditions for Camels, Cows, and Sheep

2. Alms Tax: Buying or Renting Pastureland

   1. The Nisab For Camels

      1. Alms Tax: The Nisabs for Camels

      2. Alms Tax: Camels Between Two Nisabs

   2. The Nisab For Cows

      1. Alms Tax: The Nisabs for Cows

   3. The Nisab For Sheep

      1. Alms Tax: The Nisabs for Sheep

      2. Alms Tax: Sheep Between Two Nisabs

      3. Alms Tax: Zakat Irrespective of the Animal’s Gender

      4. Alms Tax: Counting Different Breeds as One Species

      5. Alms Tax: Age Requirements for Sheep and Goats Given as Zakat

      6. Alms Tax: The Value of Animals Given as Zakat

      7. Alms Tax: Zakat in Partnerships

      8. Alms Tax: Owning Animals in Various Places

      9. Alms Tax: Zakat on Sick and Defective Animals

      10. Alms Tax: Paying Zakat with Sick, Defective, or Old Animals

      11. Alms Tax: Exchanging Animals Before the Eleventh Month

      12. Alms Tax: Paying Zakat from Other Wealth

Zakat On Business Goods

1. Alms Tax: Conditions for Zakat on Business Goods

Distribution of Zakat

1. Alms Tax: The Eight Ways to Distribute Zakat

2. Alms Tax: Limit on Zakat for the Poor and Needy

3. Alms Tax: Doubt Regarding the Sufficiency of Yearly Expenses

4. Alms Tax: Zakat for Craftsmen, Proprietors, and Businessmen

5. Alms Tax: Zakat for a Poor Person Owning Basic Necessities

6. Alms Tax: Zakat for Those Capable of Working, Students, and Trainees

7. Alms Tax: Zakat Based on a Claim of Poverty

8. Alms Tax: Zakat Based on a Claim of Poverty by Someone Previously Not Poor

9. Alms Tax: Counting a Debt Owed by a Poor Person as Zakat

10. Alms Tax: Counting a Debt Owed by a Deceased Poor Person as Zakat

11. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat Without Disclosing It

12. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to Someone Later Discovered Not to be Poor

13. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to a Debtor

14. Alms Tax: Zakat Given to a Debtor Who Spent the Loan for a Sinful Purpose

15. Alms Tax: Counting a Debt Owed to the Lender as Zakat

16. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to a Stranded Traveller

17. Alms Tax: Unspent Zakat of a Stranded Traveller

Criteria For Being Entitled (Mustahiqq) To Receive Zakat

1. Alms Tax: Requirement for the Zakat Recipient to be a Twelver Shia

2. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to a Child or an Insane Person

3. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to a Beggar and for Sinful Purposes

4. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to Open Sinners

5. Alms Tax: Paying the Debt of a Dependent with Zakat

6. Alms Tax: Paying the Living Expenses of Dependents from Zakat

7. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to a Son for His Debts or Dependents’ Expenses

8. Alms Tax: Buying Educational and Religious Books for a Son with Zakat

9. Alms Tax: Using Zakat for the Marriage of a Son or Father

10. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to a Woman Whose Husband Provides for Her

11. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to a Woman in a Temporary Marriage (Mutʿah)

12. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to a Poor Husband

13. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to a Sayyid

14. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to Someone Whose Status as a Sayyid is Unknown

Intention (Niyyah) For Giving Zakat

1. Alms Tax: Intention in Giving Zakat

2. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat on Multiple Items Without Specifying the Intention

3. Alms Tax: Intention When Appointing an Agent to Give Zakat

Miscellaneous Rulings On Zakat

1. Alms Tax: Time for Giving or Separating Zakat

2. Alms Tax: Delaying the Payment of Separated Zakat

3. Alms Tax: Liability for Perished Zakat Due to Negligence

4. Alms Tax: Liability for Perished Zakat Without Negligence

5. Alms Tax: Right of Disposal After Separating Zakat

6. Alms Tax: Prohibition of Using or Replacing Separated Zakat

7. Alms Tax: Profit Accruing from Separated Zakat

8. Alms Tax: Preference of Giving Zakat to a Present Recipient

9. Alms Tax: Transacting with Separated Zakat

10. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat Before it Becomes Obligatory

11. Alms Tax: Liability of a Poor Person for Zakat Given Prematurely

12. Alms Tax: Non-Liability of an Unaware Poor Person for Zakat Given Prematurely

13. Alms Tax: Recommended Preferences in Giving Zakat

14. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat Openly and Sadaqah Secretly

15. Alms Tax: Transferring Zakat to Another Place When Local Recipients are Absent

16. Alms Tax: Transferring Zakat to Another Place When Local Recipients are Present

17. Alms Tax: Charges for Weighing and Measuring Zakat

18. Alms Tax: Buying Back the Zakat One Has Given

19. Alms Tax: Doubt Regarding the Payment of Zakat

20. Alms Tax: Attaching Conditions to Zakat and Returning It

21. Alms Tax: Purchasing Religious Books as a Charitable Endowment from Zakat

22. Alms Tax: Purchasing Property from Zakat as a Charitable Endowment for Dependents

23. Alms Tax: Taking Zakat for Hajj and Ziyarah

24. Alms Tax: A Poor Representative Taking Zakat for Himself

25. Alms Tax: Paying Zakat on Items Received as Zakat

26. Alms Tax: Paying Zakat on Jointly Owned Property

27. Alms Tax: Priority of Zakat, Khums, and Other Obligations

28. Alms Tax: Priority of Zakat, Khums, Hajj, and Debt from the Estate of the Deceased

29. Alms Tax: Giving Zakat to a Person Acquiring Knowledge

The Fitrah Alms Tax (Zakat Al‑Fitrah)

1. Alms Tax: The Obligation of Zakat al-Fitr (Fitrah)

2. Alms Tax: Non-Obligation of Zakat al-Fitrah for a Poor Person

3. Alms Tax: Paying Fitrah for Dependents

4. Alms Tax: Appointing a Dependant as an Agent to Pay Their Own Fitrah

5. Alms Tax: Paying Fitrah for a Guest

6. Alms Tax: Paying Fitrah for a Guest Arriving After Sunset or for Iftar

7. Alms Tax: Zakat al-Fitrah for an Insane Person

8. Alms Tax: Becoming Baligh, Sane, or Rich Before Sunset

9. Alms Tax: Meeting the Conditions for Fitrah After Sunset

10. Alms Tax: Becoming Muslim or Shia After Sunset

11. Alms Tax: Paying Fitrah with Only One Sa’

12. Alms Tax: Fitrah for a Newborn Child or New Wife

13. Alms Tax: Change of Dependency Before Sunset

14. Alms Tax: When a Dependant Must Pay Their Own Fitrah

15. Alms Tax: Dependant Paying Their Own Fitrah

16. Alms Tax: Giving Fitrah to a Sayyid

17. Alms Tax: Fitrah for a Breastfed Child

18. Alms Tax: Paying Fitrah from Lawful Property

19. Alms Tax: Fitrah for a Hired Worker

20. Alms Tax: Fitrah of a Deceased Person

Distribution Of Zakat Al‑Fitrah

1. Alms Tax: Recipients of Zakat al-Fitrah

2. Alms Tax: Giving Fitrah to a Poor Child

3. Alms Tax: Conditions of the Poor Person Receiving Fitrah

4. Alms Tax: Giving Fitrah to Someone Who Spends it on Sins

5. Alms Tax: Amount of Fitrah to Give to a Poor Person

6. Alms Tax: Giving Half a Sa’ Based on Price

7. Alms Tax: Giving Half a Sa’ of Different Items

8. Alms Tax: Preferred Recipients of Fitrah

9. Alms Tax: Mistakenly Giving Fitrah to Someone Who is Not Poor

10. Alms Tax: Giving Fitrah to Someone Claiming to be Poor

Miscellaneous Rulings On Zakat Al‑Fitrah

1. Alms Tax: Intention for Giving Fitrah

2. Alms Tax: Giving Fitrah Before Ramadan

3. Alms Tax: Giving Mixed Items as Fitrah

4. Alms Tax: Giving a Defective Item as Fitrah

5. Alms Tax: Giving Fitrah from Different Items for Multiple People

6. Alms Tax: Time for Giving Fitrah

7. Alms Tax: Putting Aside Fitrah

8. Alms Tax: Delaying the Payment of Fitrah

9. Alms Tax: Replacing Set Aside Fitrah

10. Alms Tax: Intending Part of a More Valuable Item as Fitrah

11. Alms Tax: Perishing of Set Aside Fitrah

12. Alms Tax: Transferring Fitrah to Another Place