Corona Fiqh 103: Zakah & Estate Distribution

22/04/2020 32 min
Corona Fiqh 103: Zakah & Estate Distribution

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Episode Synopsis

Issues covered

Zakah Matters
- Meaning of Zakah
- Zakah as a pillar of Islam
- Only 2.5% of your Zakatable assets
- Who pays Zakah?
- Zakah on the wealth of Kids/Mentally deficient?
- Understanding the annual cycle
- Deduction of Debts
- Zakah calculation
- Paying Zakah early
- Zakah recipients
- Assisting Imams, Masjids, Islamic Organisations

Estate Distribution
- Importance of having a Will prepared especially in the West
- Who are my heirs?
- Who will always inherit from me?
- Do I chose my heirs?
- What constitutes the estate?
- Practical example of estate distribution
- Rules related to a Wasiya/Bequest
- Settling debts
- Distributing one's estate while alive
- Distributing during one's final illness