The ruling on paying zakah early with an amount exceeding the obligatory amount
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: This year, I became obligated to pay zakah of two thousand. He says: In this year, I became obligated to pay zakah of two thousand riyals. He says: I paid out four thousand and intended to pay early for the coming year. Does my obligation become fulfilled by that?
Answer:
We do not know what the reason is that you paid four thousand when the amount obligatory upon you was two thousand. We do not know what the reason for this is.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: This year, I became obligated to pay zakah of two thousand. He says: In this year, I became obligated to pay zakah of two thousand riyals. He says: I paid out four thousand and intended to pay early for the coming year. Does my obligation become fulfilled by that?
Answer:
We do not know what the reason is that you paid four thousand when the amount obligatory upon you was two thousand. We do not know what the reason for this is.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (43:33)
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