A person owns nisab from the beginning of the annual period and pays the anticipated due in month eight. Since nisab is owned at the time of early payment, the stated allowance for advance zakat applies.
By contrast, a person who gives money before ever acquiring qualifying nisab has not, by that act alone, made a valid advance payment of that year’s obligatory zakat under this rule.
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Miscellaneous Zakat Rules: Substitutes, Value, Grazing and the Zakat Year
A person owns nisab from the beginning of the annual period and pays the anticipated due in month eight. Since nisab is owned at the time of early payment, the stated allowance for advance zakat applies.
By contrast, a person who gives money before ever acquiring qualifying nisab has not, by that act alone, made a valid advance payment of that year’s obligatory zakat under this rule.