The Ruling on Zakah in Money Set Aside for Marriage or Home Renovation

Q: I am currently an employee in one of the government departments, and I receive about four thousand riyals monthly. I have accumulated a sum of seventeen thousand riyals in about a year, which is in the bank and has not been invested. I am preparing to spend it in the month of Shawwal, if Allah wills, because I am getting married, and I will take a loan several times this amount to cover the costs of the marriage.
My question is whether zakah is due on these seventeen thousand riyals, given that a lunar year has approximately passed over them? And if zakah is due on it, what is the amount?

A: Zakah is obligatory on the mentioned amount if a lunar year has passed over it, even if it is set aside for marriage, or for paying off a debt, or for renovating a house or the like; due to the generality of the evidence indicating the obligation of zakah on the two types of currency, or what serves as their equivalent. The amount of zakah is twenty-five riyals from every thousand, which is a quarter of a tenth.