{"_id":"670712eeb825924c683fcd96","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Should zakat be calculated on wealth held for a full lunar year or on all current wealth?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"How should zakat be calculated each lunar year? Should a person pay 2.5% only on the wealth that they have held for an entire lunar year, or should they pay 2.5% on their total zakatable wealth at the time their zakat is due? For example, if someone had $10,000 one year and $15,000 the following year, would zakat be calculated on the original $10,000 or the full $15,000?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"color\":\"#000000\",\"background\":\"transparent\"},\"insert\":\"I am familiar with both methods you mentioned but the first method (amount owed for a full year) has some gotchas and can get very complicated and cumbersome, so I would strongly advise the second method.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff50b76658b4c232a40","tag":"Zakat: Al-Mal","count":62}],"createdOn":"2024-10-09T23:34:06.736Z"}