Dought & clear - , He owes zakaah for trade goods but he doesn’t have any cash.

A person owns a piece ofland and one year has passed since he
acquiredit. Zakaah is due becauseit comes under the heading of trade
goods (i.e., he bought it in order to sell it). How should he pay
zakaah onit? Please note that he only has a little cash, very little.
Praise be to Allaah.
Zakaah is due on trade goods according to the Qur'aan and Sunnah.
In the Qur'aan this is indicated by the general meaning of the verse
in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"O you who believe! Spend of the good things which you have (legally)
earned, and of that which We have produced from the earthfor you"
[al-Baqarah 2:267]
Mujaahid said: "Spend ofthe good things which you have (legally)
earned" means trade.
With regard to evidence form the Sunnah, Abu Dawood narrated
(1562)that Samurah ibn Jundub said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to command us to give zakaah
from that which we had prepared for sale.
The isnaad of this hadeeth is subject to some discussion, but some of
the scholars classed it as hasan, such as Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (may Allaah
have mercy on him), and it is the view that the scholars of the
Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas adopted.
See Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah, 9/331.
Zakaah is due on things that have been preparedfor trade if they reach
the nisaab (minimum threshold) and one year has passed (since they
were acquired).
Based on this, zakaah must be paid on the landwhich has been in your
possession for a year; you have to determine the value of the land at
the end of the year, and pay one-quarter of ten percent. So if its
value is one hundred thousand (100,000) dinars, for example, you have
to pay zakaah of 2.5% or two and a half thousand (2,500), and so on.,
If you have cash, then you must pay it and it is not permissible to
delay paying zakaah until the land is sold. But if you donot have cash
with which to pay the zakaah,then it becomes a debt that you owe and
must be paid when it becomes possible to do so. If you cannot do it
until you sell the land, then you have to pay zakaah from the price
you receive for the land for each year in which zakaah was due.
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
Zakaah is due on land that is prepared for trade. The evidence for
that is the well known hadeeth of Samurah ibn Jundub (may Allaah be
pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to command us to give zakaah
from that which we had prepared for sale.
He also said:
If land and other similar things such as houses and cars etc are
prepared for sale, then you must pay zakaah on them each year
according to their value, when one full year has passed. It is not
permissible to delay that, except in the case of one who is unable to
pay the zakaah on them because he does not have any other wealth. Then
he may be given a respite until he sells it and pays the zakaah for
all the years, each year according to its value at the end of that
year, regardless of whether the value is more than the price he gets
for it oris less that the price for which he bought the

Dought & clear - , The prohibition on tucking up the hair and tying it back at the time of prayer applies only to men, not women.

In one time you mentioned in detail that prayer is not valid with the
hair tied back. Does this apply to women too? Is it permissible for a
woman to pray with her hair tucked up or tied back? I hope that you
can give the evidence in detail because some scholars here in Pakistan
say that that is not permissible.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
In the answers to questions no. 96280 and 163428 we stated that it is
makrooh for a man to pray with his hair tuckedup, which means that
hegathers his hair togetherand ties it back, thus preventing it from
prostrating with him. The prohibition in this case means that it is
disliked according to theopinion of the majority of scholars; it does
not mean that it is haraam or prohibited in the sense understood by
the questioner. It says in al-Mawsoo'ah al-Fiqhiyyah (26/109): The
fuqaha' are unanimously agreed that it is makrooh to tie back the hair
when praying. What is meant by tying back is wrapping the braid around
the head as women do, or gatheringthe hair and tying it at the back of
the head. This is makrooh but if a person prays like that, his prayer
is still valid. End quote.
An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The scholars are unanimously agreed that it is not permissible to pray
with one's sleeves or garment rolled up and the like, orwith one's
hair braided or with one's hair wrapped up beneath theturban and so
on. All of that is not permissible according to the consensus of the
scholars, and it is makrooh in the sense of being discouraged and not
proper. If a person prays like that, he has done something wrong but
his prayer is valid. End quote. Sharh Muslim,209.
Secondly:
This ruling applies only to men, not women, because when praying the
woman is commanded to cover herself and if we were to tell the woman
to undo her hair when praying or let her braids prostrate with her, as
we tell men to do, that might lead to it (her hair) becoming uncovered
whilst praying, and it is not permissible to uncover itbecause it is
'awrah. But the hair of a man is not 'awrah, as is quite obvious.
Al-Ghazaali (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
A man should not pray with his hair tied back. This prohibition
applies only to men.
End quote from Ihya' 'Uloom ad-Deen, 1/156
Ash-Shawkaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Al-'Iraqi said: This applies only to men, not women, because women's
hair is 'awrah and must be covered when praying; if a woman were to
leave her hair undone, it might come loose and become difficult to
cover, which would render her prayer invalid.
Moreover, it is difficult for a woman to undo her hair for the prayer,
and we know that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) granted them a concession allowing them not to undo their braids
when doing ghusl, even though there is a need to make all of the hair
wet, as stated above.
End quote from Nayl al-Awtaar, 2/393
It says in Asna'l-Mataalib,1/163:
Az-Zarkashi said: We should note that this issue (tying back the hair
when praying) applies only to men. With regard to women, the command
to undo the braid causes hardship and is contrary to beautification.
End quote.
Based on that, there is nothing wrong with a woman tucking her hair or
tying it back when she is praying; she is not required to undo her
braids.
And Allah knows best.

Islamic Stories - , So fond of meeting his Lord

Someone asked Junaid Baghdadi (may Allah have mercy on him),"How was
it that Abu Sa'eed Khazzaz (he was a very pious man) was insuch a joy
at the point ofdeath?" Junaid replied,"He was so fond of meeting his
Lord that one could expect his soulto fly to heavens even before the
time of deathto meet his Lord." Source:"Fadhail-e-sadaqaa Part II",
translated by Prof. AbdulKarim.
My dear friends, today we are so involved with the worldly affairs
that meeting Allah is the last thing we consider.

Islamic Stories - , I feel clean for the first time

Once a pious Muslim brother got a job in a restaurant. He took with
himself a container for water so that he can use it for toilet
purposes. So, everytime he goes to thetoilet, he fills the container
with water and takes it with him. One day, a Christian man,who also
works there, saw him taking water and asked him about thereason for
it. The Muslim brother told him that after releasing the dirty
materials, we should clean that place and thatcleanliness is a major
part of Islam. The man said that why not use the toilet papers? The
brother asked him that ifsuch dirty thing touched his hands, would he
use a toilet paper to wipe it off or use water? The man understood and
said that he would use water. The next day, the Christian man brought
a container for himself and used it during relieving himself. When he
came out of the toilet, he was crying andtears were rolling down his
cheeks. The Muslim brother asked him aboutwhy he is crying. The
Christian man said that"For the first time in my life, I feel
completely clean." Thereafter, he accepted Islam and became a devouted
Muslim.