Ruling on the Zakah of a Salary

Question:
This is also a question from the listener Awad Ali Awad al-Qarni, from Dammam. He says: I have been working for three consecutive years, and I receive from my job an amount of approximately six thousand riyals. However, since I started working until now, I have not paid any zakah from it, except that if I find any beggar, I give him a small amount, and also I give my female relatives something whenever I visit them. Therefore, I ask: Is there a sin on me for that? And should I pay zakah now? And how do I calculate my salary?
Please advise us. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If these salaries are spent and used up and do not remain for a year, but you spend them on your needs and voluntary charity, then there is no zakah on you. However, if something remains from them that completes a lunar year, then what completes the lunar year from them is subject to zakah. You must keep track of that and pay attention to what is spent and what remains. So, the savings should have a specific place, notebook, or box, and what is for expenses should have another place, so that the matter does not become confused. What completes the lunar year from the savings of this salary, you pay zakah on it, which is one-quarter of a tenth, or twenty-five from every thousand. What you spent before the lunar year completed, there is no zakah on it. What you gave to beggars or to your relatives with the intention of zakah, and they are poor, is counted as zakah, if you intended it to be from the zakah at the time of payment. And if the women you gave to are poor, it is counted as zakah. Likewise, what you give to beggars and mendicants, if you count it as zakah, it is from the zakah.
As for what you gave to your relatives or to beggars from money without the intention of zakah, it is not counted as zakah; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Yes.