Dirhams that have reached the lunar year, from which we have paid the zakah, and we now wish to build a mosque with this money; do we also have to pay its zakah?

Question:
I have dirhams belonging to my father, and the lunar year has passed over them, and we have paid the zakah from them. This year, we have sought a mosque to be built, and we want to place that amount in the mosque, but after the month of Shawwal. Do we have to pay the zakah on that money, or not? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If this money is set aside for the purpose of spending it in avenues of righteousness, then there is no zakah on it. However, if this money remains in the ownership of its owner and the lunar year has passed over it while it reaches the nisab, then it is subject to zakah when the year is completed; you pay its zakah, which is one-quarter of one-tenth. But if it is set aside to await a charitable project that its owner has donated for, or if it is the income from avenues of righteousness, or a bequest for avenues of righteousness, then zakah is not obligatory on it; because its original purpose is to be spent in avenues of good. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He reward you.