Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Simplified Zakat Guidance You need to Have One Fixed Zakat Date

			Bismillah AR Rahman AR Rahim. The
issue that I want to clarify today
		

			regarding Zakat is constantly when
we're getting questions about
		

			zakat, people say that oh, because
it's Ramadan now, and I pay my
		

			zakat in Ramadan. So that's why I
need to make my calculation now.
		

			So what I want to mention is that
zakat Ramadan cannot be your date
		

			as in Ramadan in general cannot be
your date, the way the cut works
		

			is that you are supposed to look
at the day of your anniversary,
		

			from the time from the first day
that you became owner of a nisab.
		

			That's a separate discussion,
which you can check out. But the
		

			main thing is that you have to fix
one day, there has to be one day
		

			that's fixed, which should be
based on the day that you
		

			originally became owner of a
nisab. For most people, they can't
		

			remember that day. So they've
basically prorated to Ramadan. So
		

			if you can't remember the date,
and that's understandable that
		

			you've got the day in Ramadan, but
you can't have all of Ramadan,
		

			because it's possible that you may
have maybe a lot of wealth assets
		

			on the second day of Ramadan. And
then you have to spend it, right,
		

			you bought a lot of Eid gifts or
whatever. And then you say, Well,
		

			I'm going to take the 29th day of
Ramadan, look at my assets on that
		

			day. So you can't fluctuate like
that there has to be a fixed date,
		

			which you look at every year. And
that has to be an Islamic date. So
		

			if your second date is the first
of the month of Ramadan, or the
		

			third or 10th, or whichever date
it is right, then that needs to be
		

			your date every year, until a time
comes when you go down to zero and
		

			your date resets. Alright, that's
a different discussion. As I as I
		

			mentioned, you'd have to check
that one out. But the point is
		

			that you can't just have a any
arbitrary date in Ramadan, it has
		

			to be a fixed date. And it doesn't
have to be in Ramadan, it could be
		

			any date. And again, the idea is
that the date needs to be based on
		

			the first time that you actually
became owner of an ESOP. So let's
		

			just say that you became owner of
an ESOP three months prior to
		

			Ramadan. Now the next year, you
would actually have to do your due
		

			of your assets on that same date.
Now, you can maybe delay to pay
		

			until Ramadan if you can't find
anybody to pay, but then it's
		

			better to always pay in advance.
So remember, make sure that you
		

			your date, is the same every year,
the Islamic date, and that's the
		

			day that you look at your value,
because the way it works is the
		

			day before my date is due. So if
today is my date of zakat, my
		

			anniversary
		

			and yesterday I inherited a large
amount of money. Today, I would
		

			have to pay zakat on that money as
well.
		

			Likewise, if I was to have lost or
spent a good chunk of my money
		

			yesterday, then today,
		

			I would have to pay only zakat
only on what I have today. So the
		

			date is very important. That's
that that makes the difference. So
		

			remember, fix one date, have one
date for your target and that
		

			should be your anniversary date
every year for your second
		

			payment, just like Aloha