The Method of Paying Zakah from Monthly Salaries
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Honorable Shaykh! How is the zakah of monthly salaries paid?
Regarding the payment of zakah on monthly salaries, if a person spends his salary as soon as he receives it, such that nothing remains until the second month, then he owes no zakah;Because one of the conditions for the obligation of zakah is: because the lunar year has not completed.
And if he saves, I mean, for example: If he spends half of his salary and saves the other half, then he owes zakah. Whenever the lunar year completes, he pays the zakah on what he has; but this involves hardship, as the person must calculate his savings month by month.And to avoid this hardship: Therefore, he should set aside the zakah in one month for all the money he has. For example, if the lunar year for his first salary completes in the month of Muharram, then when that Muharram arrives, he calculates all the money he has and pays its zakah. The zakah for the first month is due upon the completion of the lunar year, and the zakah for the months following it is paid early, and paying early is permissible.
Regarding the payment of zakah on monthly salaries, if a person spends his salary as soon as he receives it, such that nothing remains until the second month, then he owes no zakah;Because one of the conditions for the obligation of zakah is: because the lunar year has not completed.
And if he saves, I mean, for example: If he spends half of his salary and saves the other half, then he owes zakah. Whenever the lunar year completes, he pays the zakah on what he has; but this involves hardship, as the person must calculate his savings month by month.And to avoid this hardship: Therefore, he should set aside the zakah in one month for all the money he has. For example, if the lunar year for his first salary completes in the month of Muharram, then when that Muharram arrives, he calculates all the money he has and pays its zakah. The zakah for the first month is due upon the completion of the lunar year, and the zakah for the months following it is paid early, and paying early is permissible.