Is zakat obligatory on the income of a public services office, which is not retained but spent immediately on employee salaries and other expenses?
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is obligatory on wealth under two conditions: that it reaches the (minimum taxable amount), which is 85 grams of gold or 595 grams of silver, and that a full lunar year (hawl) passes over it. The aforementioned wealth does not meet these conditions, and therefore, no zakat is due on it.
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