How is the Zakat calculated on a sum deposited in an Islamic bank after it has reached the minimum threshold (nisab) and a full year (hawl) has passed, and is the Zakat paid from the principal amount or from other sources?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
If your wealth reached the (the minimum threshold for ) last Shawwal, then its zakat becomes due next Shawwal, and it is permissible to pay it from that wealth or from other wealth. Any additional wealth is not subject to zakat unless a full hawl (lunar year) has passed over it. Its nisab is the same as the nisab of the initial wealth, unless it is a product of the initial wealth, in which case all of it is subject to zakat next Shawwal.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/42792
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 42792
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy