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Paying Az-Zakah in advance is permissible.
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Question:
I am an employee who receives a salary, and every month I save a portion of it. There is not a specific percentage for the savings, so how do I pay the Zakah of this wealth?
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Answer:
What is obligatory upon you is to pay the Zakah of every amount that you save if you have possessed it for a year. If you pay the Zakah of all of the money when a year has passed on the first amount that was saved, then that is sufficient. In this way, the Zakah of the latter sums is considered as being paid in advance before the completion of their year. And paying Az-Zakah in advance before it is possessed for a complete year is permissible, especially if there is a need for it or a religious benefit in that.
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Shaykh `Abdul-`Azeez Bin Baz
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Fatawa Islamiyah, DARUSSALAM, Vol.3, Page No. 165
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