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Is zakaat binding upon me?

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Category : Zakaat

Suppose that I got 3 Lac Rupees from some where and I become Sahib-e-Nisaab on 13 Rajab. My salary is Rs. 2 Lac which is fully consumed in my monthly expances every month. Now on next year I got my salary on 12 Rajab and on the next day my year got completed and on that day (13 Rajab) I have 5 Lac Rupees in total.

Now the situation is that 3 Lac is my actual saving and 2 Lac is my monthly salary that is for my monthly expances.

The question is whether i have to pay Zakaat on 5 Lac (Total amount on year completion) or on 3 Lac (actual saving)?

JazakAllah

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykumwa-rahmatullāhiwa-barakātuh.

The two lakhs for your monthly expenses falls in the category of basic needs (haajat-e-asliyyah). You will not have to pay zakat on your salary of two lakhs if it is required for your monthly expenses 1. Zakat will only be paid on the three lakhs. The nisab is calculated after subtracting all the necessary expenses along with any immediate liabilities.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Shibly bin Mizan 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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1 (وعن حاجته الأصلية) كثيابه المحتاج أليها لدفع الحر والبرد كالنفقة و دور السكني و آلات الحرب و الحرفة وأساس المنزل ودواب الركوب وكتب العلم لاهلها فاذا كان عنده دراهم أعدها لهذه الأشياء وحال عليها الحول لا تجب فيها الزكاة [حاشية الطحطأوي علي المراقي الفلاح ج ٢ ص٣٩٢ مكتبة الأسد ]  

الزكاة واجبة علي ألحر المسلم البالغ ألعأقل إذا ملك نصابا) فارغا عن دين له مطالبا و حاجته الأصلية ناميا ولو تقديرا [اللباب ص ٨٧] ­­­­­­­­­­­­( 2

وملك نصاب حولي فارغ عن حواءجه الأصلية نام ولو تقديرا [البحرالرايق ص ٢٠٢ ج ٢ ]

الزكاة وأجبة علي الحر العاقل البالغ المسلم إذا بلغ نصابا ملكأ تاما و حال عليه الحول [الفتاوي ألتترخانية ص ١٣٣ ج ٣ ]

فتاوي محمودية [ ص ٣١٣  ج  ٩]

أحسن الفتاوي  [ص ٢٦٥ ج ٤] 

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