How is the Zakat calculated for a joint sum of money between spouses, designated for purchasing a home, which reached the nisab and was not known until five months after reaching it, given that the wife has separate funds in a separate account, and the husband has moderate debts?
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Each of you has an independent financial liability. Therefore, each of you must pay on the money you own if it reaches the and a full Hijri year has passed over it. The determining factor is the money reaching the nisab, not the time of knowing the religious ruling.
As for money saved from a salary, it is an acquired asset, and its zakat has specific details.
Regarding debt, there is a difference of opinion among scholars regarding its deduction from zakatable wealth.
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