What is the ruling on one who pays the zakah of his salary monthly? Does he have to pay the zakah when the lunar year has passed along with the money remaining in his possession?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. He says: What is the ruling on one who pays the zakah of his salary monthly? Does he have to pay the zakah when the lunar year has passed along with the money remaining in his possession?
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who pays the zakah of the salary monthly has advanced the zakah; he has advanced the zakah, because it is not obligatory for him to pay the zakah of the salary until, what is it? The lunar year has completed. So this is a method with which there is no harm, where he says, "Now I will pay its zakah so that I do not remain occupied with it." For example, if we estimate his salary at five thousand, how much zakah is in it? How much zakah is in five thousand? If we tell you that in every thousand there are twenty-five, how much zakah is in it?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Now, have we made the matter clear to you?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Two hundred and fifty. He says two hundred and fifty, two hundred.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : It is less. Wait, is it a little less?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : A little less?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : One hundred and twenty-five. Five thousand, with twenty-five in every thousand?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Are you sure?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, that is correct.
If this person, when he receives his salary, immediately takes out one hundred and twenty-five, then he is safe.
There is a second method: when the lunar year has passed, he pays the zakah on all that he has, up to the last month. This is also permissible; this is permissible, and he has advanced the zakah for some of the months. Okay.
There is a third method, but it is difficult: he records each month with its time. So when the first month is completed, when the salary of the first month has completed a lunar year, he pays its zakah, twenty-five. Then the second salary in the second month, and so on. But there is difficulty in this. For this reason, we say the best thing is either to pay the zakah as soon as you receive the salary, or to pay the zakah if you have a specific month for paying the zakah; you pay the zakah in that specific month on what has completed a lunar year and what has not completed. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who pays the zakah of the salary monthly has advanced the zakah; he has advanced the zakah, because it is not obligatory for him to pay the zakah of the salary until, what is it? The lunar year has completed. So this is a method with which there is no harm, where he says, "Now I will pay its zakah so that I do not remain occupied with it." For example, if we estimate his salary at five thousand, how much zakah is in it? How much zakah is in five thousand? If we tell you that in every thousand there are twenty-five, how much zakah is in it?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Now, have we made the matter clear to you?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Two hundred and fifty. He says two hundred and fifty, two hundred.
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : It is less. Wait, is it a little less?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : A little less?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : One hundred and twenty-five. Five thousand, with twenty-five in every thousand?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Are you sure?
The student: ... .
The Shaykh : Okay, that is correct.
If this person, when he receives his salary, immediately takes out one hundred and twenty-five, then he is safe.
There is a second method: when the lunar year has passed, he pays the zakah on all that he has, up to the last month. This is also permissible; this is permissible, and he has advanced the zakah for some of the months. Okay.
There is a third method, but it is difficult: he records each month with its time. So when the first month is completed, when the salary of the first month has completed a lunar year, he pays its zakah, twenty-five. Then the second salary in the second month, and so on. But there is difficulty in this. For this reason, we say the best thing is either to pay the zakah as soon as you receive the salary, or to pay the zakah if you have a specific month for paying the zakah; you pay the zakah in that specific month on what has completed a lunar year and what has not completed. Yes.