How to Pay Zakah from a Salary
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Question:
He says: O Shaykh, I work in the Kingdom, and I receive my salary every month. So when the lunar year completes, how do I pay the zakah? Is it for the first month that has completed a year, or for the entire year's salary that I worked from the first month to the last month in which I pay the zakah?
Answer:
Whenever the lunar year completes on the salary, you pay its zakah. The first month is paid first, and the second month likewise, and the third likewise. Whenever the lunar year completes on the salary, zakah becomes obligatory on it, unless you wish to pay the zakah early for the later lunar years, in which case you may pay it with the first one. There is no blame on you, there is nothing wrong with it, and it is permissible to pay the zakah early, but it is not obligatory on you unless the lunar year has completed on every salary. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. In other words: you pay zakah on the salary of Muharram in Muharram, and on the salary of Safar in Safar, and so on.
The Shaykh: And so on, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
He says: O Shaykh, I work in the Kingdom, and I receive my salary every month. So when the lunar year completes, how do I pay the zakah? Is it for the first month that has completed a year, or for the entire year's salary that I worked from the first month to the last month in which I pay the zakah?
Answer:
Whenever the lunar year completes on the salary, you pay its zakah. The first month is paid first, and the second month likewise, and the third likewise. Whenever the lunar year completes on the salary, zakah becomes obligatory on it, unless you wish to pay the zakah early for the later lunar years, in which case you may pay it with the first one. There is no blame on you, there is nothing wrong with it, and it is permissible to pay the zakah early, but it is not obligatory on you unless the lunar year has completed on every salary. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. In other words: you pay zakah on the salary of Muharram in Muharram, and on the salary of Safar in Safar, and so on.
The Shaykh: And so on, yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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