FAQ: Zakat On Income
Is Zakat On Income is compulsory?
Yes, compulsory.
What is the meaning of Zakat On Income?
Prof. Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Dr. Hussein Shahatah, pay zakat and income termed Mustafad Zakat al-Mal which is sourced from Zakat salary and professional income. It is the reward of service with an employer or an individual or institution. Income will include:
- Salary
- Arrears of pay
- Various allowances (car, meals, meetings)
- Income
- Others (including bonus or something that can be counted as income such as royalties, rent and other)
What proof of income required to Zakat?
Word of God says:
“O ye who believe! Spend (in Zakat ) out of the work you are good, and part of what we remove from the earth for you. And do not deliberately choose the worst of it (and you spend, or not make the provision of Zakat ) when ye would never take the bad (if you have been given), except with closed eyes. And know that Allah is Rich, the Praised."
History of Prophet Muhammad Ahmad says:
“No one who worked to get wealth by illegal way then to spend it and with the blessings of hope and it is not Zakat , with the hope that they will be accepted nor will it leave as an inheritance (after he died) but he was as a supply to hell “
(Narrated by Ahmad)
What are the compulsory Zakat On Income?
Pay and free income must be counted based on the following conditions:
- Islam
- Independent
- Complete ownership
- Nisab
- Haul
- Lawful income
What is the Zakat money?
The rate of zakat is 2.5% of income.
Is the backup says Zakat rate of 2.5% of income?
Zakat rates income of 2.5% is based on the rate of zakat gold. This is because the pay and free income is received in the form of currency / monetary value.
Ali had reported that the Prophet has said,
“When you have 200 dirhams and haul (one year) prescribed Zakat 5 dirhams. and are not required producing Zakat (gold) unless you have 20 dinars (one of the ancient currency used in Arab countries). When you have 20 dinars and was quite haul, compulsory zakat half a dinar. Similarly, if the value increases and the rate is not obligatory Zakat for a property other than a full year. “
(Reported by Abu Dawud)
When the compulsory zakat revenue ruling in the state gazette?
It was gazetted on 9 May 2002 under the Administration of Islamic Law Enactment 1989 which reads as follows:
- Zakat is obligatory legal income of the Muslims.
- All Muslims who live or work in the state shall pay the income to the Central Zakat (the Board) Zakat Selangor.
Is it obligatory zakat qada earnings before the year 2002?
Not required.
How the calculation of income Zakat ?
There are three guidelines calculate zakat income either:
- 2.5% of total gross income per year (if income exceeds nisab) or
- Zakah after deducting basic expenses allowed (based on the rejection method permitted) or
- Zakah after taking into account the actual liability.
Can Zakat money be paid if the income is from illegal sources?
What is the category of resources that illegal?
Not obligatory Zakat because Zakat does not meet the mandatory requirements. According to scholars, the property acquired from illegal sources is illegal. Rasulullah saw says:
“God does not accept any Zakat from illegal sources.”
(Reported by Imam Muslim)
Can Zakat money be paid if the income is from sources syubhah?
Not obligatory Zakat because it includes illegal source.
Is income from singing and acting is Zakat ?
If singing and acting according to Islamic law he should be counted.
Why do basic needs such as houses, cars, bills and other obligations are not taken into account in the assessment of income Zakat ?
If the calculation of income as zakat kifayah haddul new, the basic needs were taken into account.
I will continue to go overseas and earn a full salary. The question is, do I have to pay the income to pay the zakat? What about education allowances received outside the country?
Allowances and salary will be treated as income and subject to zakat Zakat .
I have several rental houses in the vicinity of Shah Alam. Do I have to pay zakat as a result of rent collection, while at the same time I also have to repay the home to the bank during the home purchase?
Only the excess of the rental balance will be included in the calculation of other income. For example:
Collection home rentals per month: RM 1,000
Bank installment payments per month: RM 800
The balance of the rent: RM 200
Only the value of the remaining rental at RM 200 only to be included in the calculation of income Zakat .
Are expenses for the wedding can be calculated as a deduction in calculating income Zakat ?
Be for the current year
Are monthly payments (alimony) I am the spouse of RM700 per month (RM8, 400 a year) are taken into account as a deduction in the calculation of income Zakat ?
For the wife is allowed according to the edah but for children as haddul kifayah.
If my wife and I both bear the children how the rejection for their expenses? Can be divided into two?
Be divided equally by haddul kifayah.
I think refusing to self, wife and children is too little compared to actual expenses, since all prices rose their daily needs. Does the rejection rate can be increased according to actual needs?
Can be added according to actual expenditure.
What is the backup made by the LZS are a total rejection of his wife, children and themselves in the gain by the number of RM 3,000, RM 1,000 and RM 8,000? Is there any research has been done? Or simply by the IRB?
It refers to Haddul kifayah time.
I did not pay zakat revenue since the first work in 1999, and I did not think about the salary and my expenses, so how do I pay Zakat?
Not required.
If I pay SOCSO, does it include the category of “expenses allowed to be less”, as the EPF is only allowed to be less?
Deductible
Why is there a difference in every state in determining the income of zakat is compulsory or not?
At the national level, the Zakat income was determined to be an obligation, but its implementation varies according to the administration of the State Islamic Religious Council.
What is the difference between Zakat and the Zakat On Income?
Zakat visible source of income from salaries, allowances, bonuses, income and other revenues that could be construed as income. As seen zakat fund of money that causes only.
Zakat fund is at the lowest amount reached nisab time, while the Zakat is the amount of income remaining after making the denial of basic expenses.
Is it obligatory for a person to pay zakat collection of revenue from rental houses he owns?
Zakat must be issued after the eligible Zakat income.
Can I pay in installments Zakat income and more than one year?
Gradually have to pay zakat in one haul. If more than haul it considered qada ‘.
I have to pay zakat at the end of the income but the money has been exhausted.Do I still have to pay the zakat money?
Zakat must be paid in installments until the expiration of the haul.
How to calculate zakat on pension received per month?
According to the method of Zakat income.
Is the Zakat issued from the EPF EPF money paid by other funds or resources?
Zakat can be paid using any source of legitimate money.
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