Issue No.1949- Giving a loan for interest is haram just like taking a loan along with interest, and one who has taken a loan with interest does not become its owner, and it is not permissible to make use of it. However, if the situation is such that the loaner is consent with the borrower making use of his money even though he would not pay interest, the person taking the loan may use it.
Issue No.161- If giving the holy Qur'an to an unbeliever will lead to its desecration, it will be haram to give it to him. However, if he is likely to be guided or if it is for the propagation of Islam, it is allowed and at times even obligatory.
Issue No. 1658- A father can give zakāt to his child to purchase religious books that he needs.
Issue No. 1675- One cannot give something as zakāt to a poor person before it becomes obligatory on him. However, he may lend him and after it becomes obligatory on him to pay zakāt, he can adjust the thing given by him to the poor person against zakāt.
Issue No. 1719- One should not give zakāt of fiṭrah before the month of Ramadan, and if he does, he should give it again on the day of Eid al-Fitr. Similarly, the obligatory precaution is that he should not give it during the month of Ramadan either. However, if one lends a poor person before Ramadan, and adjusts the loan against fiṭrah, when payment of fiṭrah becomes obligatory, there is no harm in it.
Issue No. 1648- If it is not clear that a person is poor, zakāt cannot be given to him. However, in case it is highly probable from one’s appearance that he is poor, it is permissible to offer him zakāt. Moreover if trustworthy people inform that he is poor, zakāt can be given to him.
Issue No. 1662- A person should give zakāt with the intention of qurbah, that is, to comply with the command of Allah, the Exalted. One should specify in his intention, whether he is giving the zakāt on his wealth, or zakāt of fiṭrah (zakāt paid on Eid al-Fitr). However, if for example, it is obligatory on him to pay zakāt on wheat and barley it is not necessary for him to specify that what he is giving is the zakāt of wheat or the zakāt of barley.
Issue No. 1324- If a person makes an intention before the fajr adhān to observe a fast and then goes unconscious or gets intoxicated and comes to his senses during the day while he has not done any of the invalidators of the fast, he should, as an obligatory precaution, complete the fast of that day and should also perform its qaḍā.
Issue No.247- It is haram to eat and drink from gold and silver utensils and generally, it is haram to use them as utensils. As a matter of fact, as an obligatory precaution, it is not permissible to use them for the purpose of decoration or any other purpose either.
Issue No. 1624- If gold and silver coins in which more than usual quantity of another metal is mixed are not called gold and silver coins, and if their pure gold or silver reaches the taxable limit, zakāt should be paid on them. However, if one doubts whether they have reached the taxable limit or not, it is not obligatory to pay zakāt on them; if he can test them to ascertain the quantity, the obligatory precaution is to do so.
Issue No.251- It is permissible to use a utensil made of other metals combined with gold or silver if it is not called a gold or silver utensil. However, it is haram if only gold and silver are mixed together.
Issue No.250- There is no harm in using utensils which are gold-plated or silver-plated.
