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Topic: Zakat Question
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 ummmusa88
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Umm Musa bint Muhammad
(New York)
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Asalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah,
I have been informed regarding paying the zakah of one who has a checking
account or one who earns/spends with no real savings that this person has to
choose one day out of the whole year, and on that day, the person checks to
see if zakah is due upon him or not... if it is, he gives, if not, he does
not. This is from the statements of the scholars.
I am in the middle of trying to convince a family of this, but unfortunately
it is hard because I don't have any daleel in writing or on the internet...
If someone read something like this from the mashaykh, please post it here,
may Allah help you for helping me.
barakAllahu feekum
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| dksadiq
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Damilola Sadiq ibn Owodunni
(Lagos, Nigeria || Eastern Province, KSA)
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wa 'alaikumussalaam wa rahmatullaahi wa barkaatuh.
I hope this helps. It is from the 'Allaamah Shaykh ibn Baz's fatwa set on alifta.org:
- The whole list of Zakaat Fatawaa is here.
- This particular Q & A is [url=http://www.alifta.org/Fatawa/FatawaChapters.aspx?View=Page&PageID=2425&PageNo=1&BookID=14]here[/url].
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how to calculate a hawl
Q: If a person has an irregular source of income, such as an employee, a merchant, etc., that they spend from, but they do not know which sum of money has been kept for a Hawl (one lunar year calculated from the time a property reaches the minimum amount upon which Zakah is due), how should they pay the Zakah (obligatory charity)?
A : Such a person should memorize and record the time when they acquire their money so they will know when to pay the Zakah. They should keep the money used for expenditure in a separate place, whenever it runs out to put another sum in its place, so that they will not be confused in calculation of Zakah, unless they generously pay Zakah on all the wealth they have every year estimating the time of Hawl to begin with acquisition of the first sum they have received. There is nothing wrong in that, and in this case, they do not have to record the times of gaining the income, because paying Zakah on all the wealth will discharge their obligation. Anything that is paid over the due Zakah is considered as Sadaqah (voluntary charity), which, as it is well-known, is greatly rewarded. May Allah make you and us among those who pay Sadaqah! May Allah grant us success!
سبحان الذي لا يشكر إلا بنعمة أخرى
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18-12-2009 @ 9:56 PM
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