Zakaah and student finance debt

Question Assalamualykum, If my total asset worth for Zakat is £5,000 and I have £9,250 student finance debt, would I pay no zakat as I am in overall negative equity? Or are we not able to include student finance debt in our calculations and so would pay zakat on...

Zakat on long term investments

Question Assalamualaikum. Please help me with a question regarding Zakat on long term(15 year) plus investments. The investment is managed by a fund manager. The money would be invested in bonds and equities but not shares.The purpose of the investment is to generate...

Basis of fixing silver in calculation of zakat

Question For nisab of zakat, we know that, if the excess asset amount is equal to 620 gram silver OR 87 gram gold, then the person has to pay zakat. As far I have come to know, the value of the mentioned amount of gold and silver was same in the time of Prophet...

Zakat on business and Short Term Vs. Long Term Debts

Question السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته I hope that you are well and in the best of health. I have 3 questions regarding zakat: 1. Lets say that you had a certain amount of money (in cash) that you gave away with the intention of business. Do you have to give Zakat...