How to Pay the Zakah on Salaries
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Q: I work in the Kingdom, and I receive my salary every month. So when the lunar year passes, how do I pay the zakah? Is it in the first month in which the year has passed, or for the entire year's salary that I worked, from the beginning of the year to the end of the month in which I pay the zakah?
A: Whatever salary has reached the end of the lunar year, pay its zakah. The first month is paid first, the second likewise, the third likewise. Whenever the lunar year completes on a salary, the zakah becomes obligatory on it. However, if you wish to advance the zakah for the later salaries along with the zakah of the first month, there is no blame on you. It is permissible to advance the zakah, but it is not obligatory on you unless the lunar year has completed on every salary.
A: Whatever salary has reached the end of the lunar year, pay its zakah. The first month is paid first, the second likewise, the third likewise. Whenever the lunar year completes on a salary, the zakah becomes obligatory on it. However, if you wish to advance the zakah for the later salaries along with the zakah of the first month, there is no blame on you. It is permissible to advance the zakah, but it is not obligatory on you unless the lunar year has completed on every salary.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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