The start of the lunar year for the zakah on a deferred salary
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Question:
This man asks about calculating the zakah. He says: If I started working but did not receive my salary until after six months, when does the lunar year for my zakah begin? Is it from the time I receive the salary, or from the time it becomes due?
Answer:
It is from the time it becomes due. If the salary enters your ownership and becomes due to you, even if you are delayed in receiving it, the zakah becomes obligatory at the time it becomes due to you. When you receive it, you pay the zakah from it. This obligation begins from the time you own the salary, while the payment is made when you are able to access it and receive it from the responsible party. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This man asks about calculating the zakah. He says: If I started working but did not receive my salary until after six months, when does the lunar year for my zakah begin? Is it from the time I receive the salary, or from the time it becomes due?
Answer:
It is from the time it becomes due. If the salary enters your ownership and becomes due to you, even if you are delayed in receiving it, the zakah becomes obligatory at the time it becomes due to you. When you receive it, you pay the zakah from it. This obligation begins from the time you own the salary, while the payment is made when you are able to access it and receive it from the responsible party. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/245 — archive.org (13:30)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.