The start of the lunar year for zakah on a delayed salary
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: If I started working but did not receive my salary until after six months, when does the lunar year (hawl) begin for me regarding zakah? Is it from the time I received the salary or from the time it became due?
Answer:
It is from the time you receive the salary; because what comes before that is subject to being cut off and not arriving. So zakah is not obligatory on you for it until you take possession of it, and you start the hawl from its taking and its entering under your ownership and disposal. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: If I started working but did not receive my salary until after six months, when does the lunar year (hawl) begin for me regarding zakah? Is it from the time I received the salary or from the time it became due?
Answer:
It is from the time you receive the salary; because what comes before that is subject to being cut off and not arriving. So zakah is not obligatory on you for it until you take possession of it, and you start the hawl from its taking and its entering under your ownership and disposal. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (103) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-10-24] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (11:50)
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