The Time for Paying Zakah

Question:
Regarding financial or in-kind zakah, or anything in which zakah becomes obligatory, there is no doubt that it is paid whenever the lunar year of possession has completed. However, is it obligatory, or is it incumbent, for the one paying zakah to pay it at a specific time or on a specific day that holds virtue among the days or months of the year, such as the month of Ramadan, for example?

Answer:
It is obligatory to pay zakah when the lunar year of possession is completed, at any time, and one should hasten to pay it as soon as the lunar year is completed; this is what is obligatory. A slight delay is excused. If the lunar year is completed at the end of Sha'ban and it is paid in Ramadan, the matter is broad in this regard—if Allah wills—regarding the few days. Otherwise, it is obligatory to hasten to pay it, because it has become obligatory upon him, and delay may expose a man to dangers; he might die and his heirs might not pay it, or the wealth might be lost, among other things.

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