Is it permissible to pay zakat al-mal before its due date?
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The questioner: Professor, is it permissible to pay zakat before its due date?
The Shaykh: Which zakat?
The questioner: Zakat on wealth.
The Shaykh: Zakat al-Fitr, and we are on the verge of Fitr.
The questioner: No, zakat on wealth.
The Shaykh: When you say zakat, where does my mind go?
The questioner: Zakat on wealth.
The Shaykh: Wealth. It is permissible, yes.
The questioner : It is permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: That is, we have a shop valued at thirty thousand dinars, so every year we take one hundred dinars, every month we take one hundred dinars from this zakat for the time of Ramadan and we calculate; do we...? We always pay it in advance.
The Shaykh: It is permissible; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took charity from his uncle al-Abbas in advance for two years.
Please proceed.
The Shaykh: Which zakat?
The questioner: Zakat on wealth.
The Shaykh: Zakat al-Fitr, and we are on the verge of Fitr.
The questioner: No, zakat on wealth.
The Shaykh: When you say zakat, where does my mind go?
The questioner: Zakat on wealth.
The Shaykh: Wealth. It is permissible, yes.
The questioner : It is permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: That is, we have a shop valued at thirty thousand dinars, so every year we take one hundred dinars, every month we take one hundred dinars from this zakat for the time of Ramadan and we calculate; do we...? We always pay it in advance.
The Shaykh: It is permissible; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took charity from his uncle al-Abbas in advance for two years.
Please proceed.
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