How does one who saves money every month pay his zakah?

Question : The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, it is known that one of the conditions for paying zakah is that the amount must complete a full lunar year. I am an employee who receives a monthly salary. I save from it each month an amount that reaches the nisab, and I spend the rest. How should I pay my zakah?

Answer : Paying zakah for those on a salary has two methods. The first method is to consider each month on its own. For example, the salary for Muharram is considered to have completed its year in the month of Muharram of the second year, the salary for Safar in the month of Safar, the salary for Rabi' in the month of Rabi', and so on. The second method is to consider the first month and then pay zakah on everything one has, even if the year has not completed. This second method is easier for the person and safer. For example, if the first salary he received was in Muharram, then when Muharram of the second year comes, we say: pay the zakah on what you have, including the zakah for Dhul-Hijjah. It does no harm to pay the zakah before its time. This is the method that provides ease for the person and caution. Yes, yes.