Paying Zakah Before the Lunar Year for the Sake of Benefit
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Question:
We ask Allah for you two years, as was reported from al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him).
Answer:
There is no specific ruling on this. If he gave to the poor and set it at two years, that is fine, but he is not bound by a specific time. It is all a race to do good, a race to do good. If he finds poor people, or if two years is enough for them, or if they are in dire need, or if there is a jihad that requires it, and he pays it early, may Allah reward him with good. Even if it is three years or four, because it is an apparent benefit, a race to do good. It is not a harm to the poor; it is a benefit for the poor, for jihad, and the like. Yes.
We ask Allah for you two years, as was reported from al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him).
Answer:
There is no specific ruling on this. If he gave to the poor and set it at two years, that is fine, but he is not bound by a specific time. It is all a race to do good, a race to do good. If he finds poor people, or if two years is enough for them, or if they are in dire need, or if there is a jihad that requires it, and he pays it early, may Allah reward him with good. Even if it is three years or four, because it is an apparent benefit, a race to do good. It is not a harm to the poor; it is a benefit for the poor, for jihad, and the like. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، تابع كتاب الزكاة - 2 — islamhouse.com (3:43)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.