How to Calculate the Zakah on Fluctuating Wealth
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The questioner:
Also, one of the brothers sent this question, saying: How do I calculate the zakah on my wealth if the wealth is fluctuating and not fixed, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing?
The Shaykh:
You pay zakah on what you have. Every time, you pay zakah on what you have. This suffices for the year. So in the coming year, you pay zakah on the increase that you paid zakah on in the previous year. You pay zakah on everything that increases; as the wealth increases, the zakah increases. Yes.
The presenter:
You designate a day in the year, for example.
The Shaykh:
Exactly. The lunar year. Exactly the lunar year. Yes.
The presenter:
And the amount present is subject to zakah. Yes. Yes. May Allah bless you.
Also, one of the brothers sent this question, saying: How do I calculate the zakah on my wealth if the wealth is fluctuating and not fixed, sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing?
The Shaykh:
You pay zakah on what you have. Every time, you pay zakah on what you have. This suffices for the year. So in the coming year, you pay zakah on the increase that you paid zakah on in the previous year. You pay zakah on everything that increases; as the wealth increases, the zakah increases. Yes.
The presenter:
You designate a day in the year, for example.
The Shaykh:
Exactly. The lunar year. Exactly the lunar year. Yes.
The presenter:
And the amount present is subject to zakah. Yes. Yes. May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نورعلى الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7513 — youtube.com (3:38)
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