Zakaat

What happens to Zakaat funds collected for an operation after the recipient passes away?

Question: 

Suppose a person who has collected Zakaat funds for an operation passes away before his treatment starts 

In this case, what happens to the collected Zakaat funds ( in possession of the deceased family members ) ?

Are they entitled to use same for other purposes or  ???

Can the heirs of the deceased even buy a brand new car with the unused Zakaat collected funds ?

Recipient of Zakaat using interest accumulated in his account

Question: 

If there is accumulated interest in a Zakaat account, then can we leave it there and continue using all the funds as per Zakaat eligibility because the recipients are the same or do we have to remove the interest all the time?

Also, if a person himself is Zakaat eligible and he has accumulated interest in his bank account,   can he himself use that money? 


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Is one's salary included in Zakaat calculations?

Question: 

I normally calculate my Zakaat on the 1st Ramadhaan which co-incides with around the 24th April this year. If I receive my Salary the following day on the 25th April and then pay my monthly expenses, such as Rent, Domestic Workers wages, Telephone Account, School Fees etc., will I include my salary and subtract my monthly expenses when calculating my total Assets on which Zakaat is due? 


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Zakaat on pension payout

Question: 

A person retires from teaching at a government school. He recieved his pension payout in this way that they paid him one third of it, and the balance , he recieves in monthly installments.  How must he calculate his Zakaat.  Is there Zakaat on the previous years?


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Zakaat to settle debts of a deceased

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In February 2020 this year my marhoom brothers wife passed away suddenly from a heart attack, leaving the two children behind..Since the wife passed away suddenly, she left behind unsettled monetary loans from various people and amounts overdue to city council for lights and water and rates and taxes.

Q1 Can we brothers and sisters settle her debts with zakaat money? 

Q2 Can nephews and nieces settle her debts with zakaat money?

Zakaat before distribution of an estate

Question: 

A person passed away, but his estate has not yet been wound up. Are the heirs required to pay Zakaat on their respective shares that they will receive when the estate is wound up, or do they pay Zakaat only after receiving their shares? 


Answer: 

In the enquired instance, they will only pay Zakaat of their respective shares of inheritance (which they are going to receive in future), after receiving their respected shares.i

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