LessonsMiscellaneous Zakat Rules: Substitutes, Value, Grazing and the Zakat YearQuiz

وَإِنْ قَدَّمَ الزَّكَاةَ عَلَى الْحَوْلِ، وَهُوَ مَالِكٌ لِلنِّصَابِ: جَازَ.
Translation: If he pays zakat before the completion of the year while possessing the nisab, it is permissible.

Where the owner already possesses a qualifying nisab, zakat may be paid before completion of the annual period. This is ta‘jil al-zakat, advancement of payment; it does not eliminate the antecedent condition of nisab ownership.

Thus an owner with the required nisab may prepay during the year, but a general donation before acquiring nisab is not automatically validated by this rule as advance obligatory zakat.

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Advance Payment Before the Year Ends

Miscellaneous Zakat Rules: Substitutes, Value, Grazing and the Zakat Year

وَإِنْ قَدَّمَ الزَّكَاةَ عَلَى الْحَوْلِ، وَهُوَ مَالِكٌ لِلنِّصَابِ: جَازَ.
Translation: If he pays zakat before the completion of the year while possessing the nisab, it is permissible.

Where the owner already possesses a qualifying nisab, zakat may be paid before completion of the annual period. This is ta‘jil al-zakat, advancement of payment; it does not eliminate the antecedent condition of nisab ownership.

Thus an owner with the required nisab may prepay during the year, but a general donation before acquiring nisab is not automatically validated by this rule as advance obligatory zakat.