Zakah on the rent received at the end of the year or in two installments
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I receive the rent for my house at the end of every year, do I pay zakah on it immediately upon receiving it, or do I wait for a lunar year to pass?
The Shaykh:
If the year of the lease contract is completed, zakah becomes obligatory. The lunar year begins from the lease contract, so when the year is completed, you pay zakah on it.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you: If I receive half the amount in the middle of the year, and I receive the rest at the end of the year, is zakah due on this?
The Shaykh:
If the first half remains with you until the completion of the year, you add it to the second half and pay zakah on the whole. If you spent it before the completion of the year, then there is nothing due on it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I receive the rent for my house at the end of every year, do I pay zakah on it immediately upon receiving it, or do I wait for a lunar year to pass?
The Shaykh:
If the year of the lease contract is completed, zakah becomes obligatory. The lunar year begins from the lease contract, so when the year is completed, you pay zakah on it.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you: If I receive half the amount in the middle of the year, and I receive the rest at the end of the year, is zakah due on this?
The Shaykh:
If the first half remains with you until the completion of the year, you add it to the second half and pay zakah on the whole. If you spent it before the completion of the year, then there is nothing due on it. Yes.
Source
مختصر زاد المعاد (للإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب)، مختصر زاد المعاد [65] — alfawzan.live (1:00:42)
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