Zakat
What zakat is due on, how much, and who may receive it.
- Miscellaneous rules of zakat The age of a zakat animal, why herds of different animals cannot be combined, and the option to pay zakat in cash or in kind.
- The ruling on zakat, and when it becomes obligatory Who zakat is obligatory on, what denying it means, and the eight conditions that must all be met before zakat is due.
- Who may receive zakat The seven categories entitled to zakat, who may never receive it, and the preferred order for choosing who to give it to.
- Sadaqat al-Fitr (Zakat al-Fitr) Who must pay Sadaqat al-Fitr, when it becomes due, how much to give of each kind of food, and who may receive it.
- The conditions for a valid payment of zakat What makes an act of giving actually count as zakat: who can pay it, the intention it needs, and who it must reach.
- What zakat is, and why it matters The meaning of zakat, its place as the third pillar of Islam, and the warnings and rewards the Qur'an and hadith attach to it.
On What
- Zakat on gold and silver The nisab and rate for gold and silver, what happens above the nisab, and the rules for mixed metals, currency and combined holdings.
- Zakat on pasturing animals (saimah) What makes an animal saimah, the nisab and rates for camels, cows and goats, and the rules that apply across all three.
- Zakat on trade goods How the nisab and value of stock-in-trade are worked out, and when profit and rented items are or are not liable to zakat.