Conditions for Paying Zakah and Where It Is Paid
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Question:
He says: I have a sum of Jordanian dinars that has been in my possession for half a lunar year. Should I pay the charity on it, or the zakah, in the country where I reside, or in my home country, and at the value that must be paid? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
When the lunar year has passed over it, you pay the zakah in the place where you are, whether you are in your home country or elsewhere. When the lunar year has passed over it, you must pay its zakah, which is one-quarter of one-tenth: two and a half percent on one hundred, and twenty-five on one thousand. You give it to the poor in your country. If you transfer it to another country, that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. He says: Has only half a lunar year passed over it?
The Shaykh : There is no zakah on it until the full lunar year is completed. There is no zakah on dinars, dirhams, or any of the wealth subject to zakah until the full lunar year is completed, except for grains and fruits. For these, their zakah is due when they ripen. When they ripen, their zakah is due. And when they are placed on the threshing floor and dried, he pays their zakah.
The point is: for fruits, including grains, dates, and grapes, their zakah becomes obligatory when they are sound and ripe; when they ripen, zakah is due on them. As for other wealth—gold, silver, camels, cattle, grazing sheep, and trade goods—the lunar year is required. Zakah is not obligatory except once a year; he pays zakah on it every year. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
He says: I have a sum of Jordanian dinars that has been in my possession for half a lunar year. Should I pay the charity on it, or the zakah, in the country where I reside, or in my home country, and at the value that must be paid? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
When the lunar year has passed over it, you pay the zakah in the place where you are, whether you are in your home country or elsewhere. When the lunar year has passed over it, you must pay its zakah, which is one-quarter of one-tenth: two and a half percent on one hundred, and twenty-five on one thousand. You give it to the poor in your country. If you transfer it to another country, that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. He says: Has only half a lunar year passed over it?
The Shaykh : There is no zakah on it until the full lunar year is completed. There is no zakah on dinars, dirhams, or any of the wealth subject to zakah until the full lunar year is completed, except for grains and fruits. For these, their zakah is due when they ripen. When they ripen, their zakah is due. And when they are placed on the threshing floor and dried, he pays their zakah.
The point is: for fruits, including grains, dates, and grapes, their zakah becomes obligatory when they are sound and ripe; when they ripen, zakah is due on them. As for other wealth—gold, silver, camels, cattle, grazing sheep, and trade goods—the lunar year is required. Zakah is not obligatory except once a year; he pays zakah on it every year. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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