Is Zakat on money obligatory on the total amount of money present, or only on the amount that has completed a full year (hawl)? And is it permissible to pay Zakat in monthly installments or to delay it until Ramadan to increase the reward?
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is obligatory annually on wealth that reaches the (minimum threshold) and on which a full year (hawl) has passed. If other wealth is added to it that is not profit generated from it, the owner has a choice: either to pay zakat on it at the time the zakat for the first wealth becomes due, or to pay zakat on it when a year has passed since it came into his possession.
It is not permissible to pay zakat in installments; rather, it must be paid in full immediately. It is also not permissible to delay it beyond its due month, even with the intention of paying it in .
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