Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Simplified Zakat Guidance Paying In Advance

			The card issue I want to cover
right now is can you give us a cut
		

			in advance, the card in advance
could be given for many reasons.
		

			One of them could be that you
don't want to give like a lump sum
		

			at the end. Or maybe there's a
need that has arisen early, but
		

			your year has not come up yet. You
know, if you if you've listened to
		

			the basic dynamics of zakat
discussion we did earlier, you
		

			will know that you have to
generally wait for the year, one
		

			year until the cat actually
becomes binding upon you to pay,
		

			right it becomes necessary and
obligatory on from the beginning.
		

			But it's only after one year that
you have to see whether you have
		

			to pay it or not. So let's just
say in the middle of that year,
		

			you want to there's a need that
arises and you want to give that
		

			and say that this is I'm going to
give this as advanced zakat that
		

			I'm due to give in Ramadan, or in
Zul Hijjah, or whatever, can you
		

			do that or not? So basically, yes,
zakat can be given in advance, as
		

			long as three conditions are met,
right? The first condition has to
		

			be there from before, which is
that you already are in possession
		

			of a nisab. Right, which is the
quantum, and your year has begun.
		

			Alright, consult the other, the
other discussion about the basic
		

			dynamics to get a better
understanding of that. So once
		

			you're, once you've received a
nisab, and your year has begun
		

			ticking, then now you can actually
give an advance zakat. So now you
		

			can expect that okay, in one year,
I'm still going to have maybe 5000
		

			pounds, or 2000 pounds. So let me
give my zakat on 1000 is 25 pounds
		

			on 2000, it's 50 pounds, so I'm
going to get 50 pounds from now.
		

			Now, the other two conditions that
have to be met for that Zeca,
		

			you've now already given in
advance to be valid when you're
		

			actually ends, because you only
find out if that account was valid
		

			and sufficient when your year
ends. So now you wait until the
		

			year ends. So two conditions
number one, when your year ends,
		

			you still have any sub minimum
nisab, which is when the because
		

			now it proves that zakat was
actually obligatory upon you. So
		

			that previous advance payment you
made can now work for this, you
		

			still got 2000 pound, your 50
pound you paid was sufficient. If
		

			you've got more money, you'll just
have to pay for the rest of it. If
		

			you've got less, then you can say
the rest of it is sadaqa. Right.
		

			The third condition is that in the
course of the year, you did not go
		

			down to zero, you did not lose all
of your wealth, because it had
		

			that happen, your cycle would have
restarted as I had mentioned in
		

			that fundamental understanding,
lecture I did earlier. Right. So
		

			three conditions, you must have
had started with an ESOP, you must
		

			end with an ESOP and in between
you do not go to zero lose all
		

			your money. Then after that,
basically, you can actually give
		

			zakat in advance and then on the
day of your zakat calculation, you
		

			just adjust it prorated however
you want. Based on this, or
		

			according to this, you can
actually give zakat for many
		

			years. So I could imagine that if
I'm going to have basically, you
		

			know, for some people not sure
that their wealth is quite steady,
		

			right, they've got a very steady
income, they've got very steady
		

			expenditures, and they don't
fluctuate too much. So they think
		

			I'm going to generally my asset
value is going to be 2000 pounds.
		

			My asset values is going to be
2000 pretty much for the next five
		

			years. So you can give basically
50 pound for each year. So you
		

			give five times 50 pounds for the
next five years. But remember, all
		

			you have to do is make sure that
you fulfill the conditions each
		

			year. So when it comes to your
jacket, date anniversary, you just
		

			gotta have to calculate on that
day and say Do I Do I still have
		

			2000? Okay, so 50 was sufficient.
Do I have less while 50 was
		

			sufficient and extra sadaqa do I
have more? Well, I better pay
		

			more. So every year you will just
prorate and correct accordingly.
		

			So that's basically the condition
of things are cut in advance. So
		

			there could be many reasons for
paying in zakat. So like that you
		

			can give many years in in advance
if you want to. May Allah accept I
		

			was like that