How is zakah calculated over four years?
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The questioner : How is zakah calculated over the four years?
The Shaykh : He estimates it so that he knows how much his wealth was each year.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is known that monetary wealth is subject to a quarter of a tenth, so he pays a quarter of a tenth on all his wealth. This goes back to how much his wealth was at the first lunar year, at the second lunar year, at the third lunar year, and at the fourth lunar year.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Until it becomes clear to him. And if he is in doubt about this matter, he should be careful and take precautions to clear his conscience.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Do you mean that in the wealth that remains with him in the later lunar year, he deducts what he paid out in the previous lunar year?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For example, if he had ten thousand in the first lunar year.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He pays zakah on the ten thousand in the first lunar year. When the second lunar year is complete, it becomes twenty thousand.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He pays on the entire twenty thousand. In the third lunar year, it becomes thirty thousand, and he pays on thirty thousand. In the fourth lunar year, it becomes forty thousand, and he pays on forty thousand.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, and so on.
The questioner : But I mean, if the amount is fixed at a specific number, does he deduct what he paid out in the previous year each year?
The Shaykh : No, no, if it is fixed and does not increase.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then he does not reduce the amount of zakah that is obligatory on him, because the correct view is that debt does not prevent the obligation of zakah. So, for example, if he has ten thousand riyals.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is obligatory for him to pay zakah on it every year.
The questioner : The same ten thousand.
The Shaykh : For four years, the same ten thousand, yes, because zakah does not prevent the obligation.
The Shaykh : He estimates it so that he knows how much his wealth was each year.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : It is known that monetary wealth is subject to a quarter of a tenth, so he pays a quarter of a tenth on all his wealth. This goes back to how much his wealth was at the first lunar year, at the second lunar year, at the third lunar year, and at the fourth lunar year.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Until it becomes clear to him. And if he is in doubt about this matter, he should be careful and take precautions to clear his conscience.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Do you mean that in the wealth that remains with him in the later lunar year, he deducts what he paid out in the previous lunar year?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For example, if he had ten thousand in the first lunar year.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He pays zakah on the ten thousand in the first lunar year. When the second lunar year is complete, it becomes twenty thousand.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : He pays on the entire twenty thousand. In the third lunar year, it becomes thirty thousand, and he pays on thirty thousand. In the fourth lunar year, it becomes forty thousand, and he pays on forty thousand.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, and so on.
The questioner : But I mean, if the amount is fixed at a specific number, does he deduct what he paid out in the previous year each year?
The Shaykh : No, no, if it is fixed and does not increase.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then he does not reduce the amount of zakah that is obligatory on him, because the correct view is that debt does not prevent the obligation of zakah. So, for example, if he has ten thousand riyals.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is obligatory for him to pay zakah on it every year.
The questioner : The same ten thousand.
The Shaykh : For four years, the same ten thousand, yes, because zakah does not prevent the obligation.