How to Pay Zakah for One Who Has Installments Owed to Him by People
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Regarding those who buy cars on installment, sometimes the car installment seller or the car dealer sells a car on installment. The first installment comes due, and before long, after a month or two or three, he puts it in another car and sells that on installment. The third or fourth installment is delayed by six or seven months. So the arrival of the money to him is not fixed. Is there a way for a person to be scrupulous and pay zakah that clears his conscience, without the method of writing down every income that comes to him?
The way for one who has debts owed to him by people that come in at different times, or salaries that come in at different times, is that when the time for zakah arrives, he counts what he has and what is in the hands of people (owed to him), and he pays zakah on it. His conscience is cleared and he is at ease.
For example: A person whose zakah is due in Ramadan,We say: When Ramadan arrives, count the money you have, then add to it the debts owed to you by people, then pay the zakah on the whole and be at ease.
The way for one who has debts owed to him by people that come in at different times, or salaries that come in at different times, is that when the time for zakah arrives, he counts what he has and what is in the hands of people (owed to him), and he pays zakah on it. His conscience is cleared and he is at ease.
For example: A person whose zakah is due in Ramadan,We say: When Ramadan arrives, count the money you have, then add to it the debts owed to you by people, then pay the zakah on the whole and be at ease.