Is it permissible to pay zakah before the completion of the lunar year?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
If there is a poor person who needs zakah, and if he pays him the zakah before the completion of the lunar year, and then counts that as part of the zakah at the end of the lunar year, is this permissible?
Answer:
If he pays it early, there is no harm, with the intention of zakah. If, for example, the lunar year is due to end in Ramadan or Rajab and he delays it, and today he sees a needy poor person and gives it to him with the intention of zakah, there is no harm. Paying it out before the lunar year, whether all of it or some of it, is fine.
If there is a poor person who needs zakah, and if he pays him the zakah before the completion of the lunar year, and then counts that as part of the zakah at the end of the lunar year, is this permissible?
Answer:
If he pays it early, there is no harm, with the intention of zakah. If, for example, the lunar year is due to end in Ramadan or Rajab and he delays it, and today he sees a needy poor person and gives it to him with the intention of zakah, there is no harm. Paying it out before the lunar year, whether all of it or some of it, is fine.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.