The monthly salary: how is zakah paid on it when the lunar year has not completed for the entire amount?
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Is this your question? All right,
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : We exclude what is spent from the beginning.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And by Allah, that is not better. In my opinion in this matter, if the lunar year completes, he should pay the zakah on what he has, because the money is not identified by specific units such that he can say, "By Allah, I paid the zakah on these specific units before." For example, if he receives ten riyals in the first month, he writes specific numbers on them... or he knows that the month will not end for him without him having less than the nisab remaining.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So what I see is that in such a case, the most expeditious way to clear one's conscience and the easiest is that when the lunar year arrives, he pays the zakah on what he has, even if the lunar year has not completed for it, and he continues with this, yes? ... .
The Shaykh : Is this your question? All right,
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : We exclude what is spent from the beginning.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : And by Allah, that is not better. In my opinion in this matter, if the lunar year completes, he should pay the zakah on what he has, because the money is not identified by specific units such that he can say, "By Allah, I paid the zakah on these specific units before." For example, if he receives ten riyals in the first month, he writes specific numbers on them... or he knows that the month will not end for him without him having less than the nisab remaining.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : So what I see is that in such a case, the most expeditious way to clear one's conscience and the easiest is that when the lunar year arrives, he pays the zakah on what he has, even if the lunar year has not completed for it, and he continues with this, yes? ... .