How is Zakat on wealth calculated, and how are the beginning of the Hawl (Zakat year) with a monthly salary increase determined, and in which currency is it calculated, and when is it to be given?
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is obligatory on salary if the saved portion of it reaches the (which is equivalent to 85 grams of gold or 595 grams of silver) and a hawl (lunar year) passes on it. 2.5% (a quarter of a tenth) is to be paid from it. The nisab is calculated based on the price of gold or silver in the local currency, and the month for paying zakat is the month in which a hawl has passed on the nisab.
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