{"_id":"681d190f0f28470700e512bb","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"When should the one year counter (Hawl) begin for the one who is overdue on paying their Zakat?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"If someone started oweing money over the Nisab amount for more than a year now (let's say a year and a few months) and hasn't paid any Zakat on it yet, how should they go about rectifying this? If they pay the Zakat that's due, can they reset the one year counter to start now or does it have to remain on the original schedule?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"They should calculate and pay the zakat based on the original date they first owned the nisab amount. Their zakat cycle remains tied to that original date, meaning they will continue paying zakat annually from that point. Since there was a delay, they should sincerely repent, as delaying zakat is a sin, but alhamdulillah, Allah is Merciful and accepts sincere repentance.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff50b76658b4c232a40","tag":"Zakat: Al-Mal","count":57}],"createdOn":"2025-05-08T20:50:23.595Z"}