{"_id":"6af23f71d3a0e45573fb1f27","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is it permissible to pay zakat in advance before the lunar year is complete?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Can I pay my zakat for the following year in advance, before the completion of the lunar year (hawl), or must I wait until the year is complete and zakat becomes due?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Zakat may be paid in advance before the completion of the hawl (lunar year). However, if the recipient is no longer eligible to receive zakat when it becomes due, the zakat must be paid again to an eligible recipient. You are not required to investigate the recipient’s eligibility after making the advance payment; this only applies if you subsequently discover that they were ineligible at the time the zakat became due.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff50b76658b4c232a40","tag":"Zakat: Al-Mal","count":65}],"createdOn":"2026-11-09T21:47:29.723Z"}