What is the ruling on paying zakah from one's salary every month in order to expedite it, even if the employee has a debt?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on paying zakah from one's salary every month in order to expedite it, even if the employee has a debt?
The Shaykh : There is no harm in this; may Allah reward him with good. This falls under the category of expediting. That is, if a person pays his zakah immediately whenever he receives his salary, there is nothing wrong with that. And if he wishes, when the lunar year (hawl) completes for the first salary, he pays the zakah for all of it. In that case, regarding the first hawl, he has paid his zakah at its proper time, and regarding the subsequent months, he has expedited its zakah. Expediting zakah is permissible. This is easier and simpler: he designates a specific month for his zakah, which is the month in which the zakah on the first salary becomes obligatory, and he continues on this basis. Thus, whatever has become obligatory, its zakah has been paid at its proper time, and whatever has not yet become obligatory, its zakah is expedited. The first scenario mentioned by the questioner also offers relief: whenever he receives something, he pays its zakah continuously. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner is from Yemen and says.
The Shaykh : There is no harm in this; may Allah reward him with good. This falls under the category of expediting. That is, if a person pays his zakah immediately whenever he receives his salary, there is nothing wrong with that. And if he wishes, when the lunar year (hawl) completes for the first salary, he pays the zakah for all of it. In that case, regarding the first hawl, he has paid his zakah at its proper time, and regarding the subsequent months, he has expedited its zakah. Expediting zakah is permissible. This is easier and simpler: he designates a specific month for his zakah, which is the month in which the zakah on the first salary becomes obligatory, and he continues on this basis. Thus, whatever has become obligatory, its zakah has been paid at its proper time, and whatever has not yet become obligatory, its zakah is expedited. The first scenario mentioned by the questioner also offers relief: whenever he receives something, he pays its zakah continuously. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner is from Yemen and says.