Is zakat due on retroactive wage increases, given that they exceed the nisab?
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If this increase is retroactive and a donation from the state, then is not obligatory on it until it is received and becomes the property of the questioner. Then, the money is subject to zakat if it reaches the and a full Hijri year has passed over it. There is no zakat on the past period before the money was received.
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