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Zakaat: who pays, on what, and to whom

Zakaat is due once a lunar year on wealth above the nisaab threshold. Many South Africans calculate and pay it in Ramadan. These are published answers on the questions that come up most: nisaab, gold and jewellery, savings and retirement funds, shares and business stock, debts, and who may receive it.

48 fatawa from 7 South African Darul Iftas, picked by title for each question below, newest first and no more than two per Darul Ifta in a section. Every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.