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Is zakat obligatory on the money saved in the teachers' housing fund or the military housing fund? This means that a teacher or military personnel contributes to the housing fund, and then a certain amount is deducted from them monthly. After a while, a specific amount accumulates in their balance in the fund. Is zakat obligatory on this amount?

What is the ruling on playing chess online without any financial stakes, just for entertainment?

A woman whose husband passed away wanted to give charity on his behalf. Is it permissible to give this charity to her granddaughters?

Is the game of Snakes and Ladders forbidden?

Is it permissible for a man to pay Zakat al-Fitr to the children of his deceased brother? And is it permissible for a grandmother to pay it to the children of her deceased son?

I have two sons in the puberty stage, and they prefer the game (Free Fire), and they buy weapons for it from their allowance. They allocate time for studying and time for reading the Quran, thank God. Is the game Free Fire and the game PUBG permissible?

Is there Zakat on a rented apartment?

There is a jurisprudential rule in the Hanafi school: 'Every amusement is forbidden.' Does this rule mean that every game that involves amusement and wasting time is forbidden?

What is the definition of the poor and needy in jurisprudence, as stated in the noble verse?