Is Zakat obligatory on the monthly salary after calculating the annual salary? And how is the Zakat nisab calculated for monthly fluctuating savings?
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is not obligatory on salary unless it reaches the (minimum threshold: 85 grams of gold or 595 grams of silver) and remains in your possession for a full lunar year without decreasing below the nisab. At that point, you would pay a quarter of a tenth (2.5%).
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