Is zakat obligatory on money saved in a pension fund if it reaches the nisab and a hawl (lunar year) passes, knowing that it can only be withdrawn after reaching retirement age?
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The on money saved in the social security fund is obligatory if the money reaches the and a hawl passes over it. You pay it after receiving the money for the past years, according to the majority of scholars, and this is the most correct and prudent opinion.
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