What is the ruling on paying zakah based on the Gregorian year?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on the one who pays his zakah based on the Gregorian year, knowing that it is longer than the Hijri year, since in every thirty Gregorian years it differs from the Hijri year by one year?
Answer:
No, acts of worship are timed by the lunar months on which the Hijri calendar is based. These are the months of the Muslims, and this is the way of the Muslims. The number of months is twelve in the Book of Allah, on the day He created the heavens and the earth, four of which are sacred, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) identified them in the Farewell Pilgrimage. So Islam and acts of worship—zakah, fasting, and prayer—are timed, and Hajj is timed, by the lunar months and the Hijri year.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: What is the ruling on the one who pays his zakah based on the Gregorian year, knowing that it is longer than the Hijri year, since in every thirty Gregorian years it differs from the Hijri year by one year?
Answer:
No, acts of worship are timed by the lunar months on which the Hijri calendar is based. These are the months of the Muslims, and this is the way of the Muslims. The number of months is twelve in the Book of Allah, on the day He created the heavens and the earth, four of which are sacred, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) identified them in the Farewell Pilgrimage. So Islam and acts of worship—zakah, fasting, and prayer—are timed, and Hajj is timed, by the lunar months and the Hijri year.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم إخراج الزكاة باعتبار السنة الميلادية؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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