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Zakat Calculation...Suppose the Nisab amount for Zakat is $1000.00. It stayed with me for the whole year. Just a month ago I received another $2000.00.

· 4 Rabiʻ I 1425 AH1 min readFatwa 10214English
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Question

Suppose the Nisab amount for Zakat is $1000.00. It stayed with me for the whole year. Just a month ago I received another $2000.00. Now my net wealth is $3000.00. Today while calculating Zakat, should I take out Zakat only for $1000.00 on which 1 year passed, or should I take out Zakat for my net wealth $3000.00. Jazakumullah. Assalam-o-Alaikum!

Answer

If you obtained the surplus $2000 after one year passed over the $1000, then you do not have to give Zakat on the $2000

However, if you obtained the $2000 before one year passed over the $1000 then you have to give Zakaat on the full $3000

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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