Guidelines

Deputization in paying zakat Zakat payer may deputize a person he trusts to pay zakat and deliver it to those who are eligible. Accordingly, ZATCA has provided individuals with “ZAKATY” Platform that gives them the chance to pay their zakat smoothly and easily through electronic payment channels to deliver it directly to those who are eligible registered for social insurance. His Eminence the Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh, said “The Zakaty Platform includes a list of Zakat provisions as well as the method of calculating Zakat in each kind of money, such as gold and silver, banknotes, trade offers, investment funds, stock, and debt. This Platform is the reliable channel for receiving and disbursing Zakat for people who need it. HE Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Almutlaq, Adviser at the Royal Court and member of the Council of Senior Scholars said: Zakaty App is a source of security because it pays zakat to its beneficiaries that is legally accepted by the guardian and that it is due to zakat after studies, research, and scrutiny, because you know that social security only gives people after sending researchers, preparing reports, and following up, and it has been connected with government entities, which gives security that zakat - God willing - reaches those who deserve it, and I am pleased with this app. 4.2 Time of zakat payment Zakat must be paid to its disbursement channels once it becomes due. It shall not be delayed without excuse as Allah says (give its due [Zakah] on the day of its harvest) (6 Al-Anam,141) Uqbah bin Al-Harith (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (Peace be Upon Him) got up quickly after finishing the prayer with Taslim, and stepping over the people, went to one of the rooms of his wives. The people were startled at his haste, and when he came out and saw their astonishment at his urgency. He said, “I had left some gold for Sadaqah in the house, and did not wish to keep it overnight. So, I gave orders that it should be distributed.” Zakat due time is: Passing of a full year on money reaching quorum. If the year passes, zakat becomes due, except on the yields, such as grains and fruits. Zakat shall be due on grains when it ripens and on fruits when it can be eaten. Delaying the payment of zakat is: Delaying obedience and delaying the right of the poor and that may lead to the destruction or loss of wealth or death or bankruptcy of zakat payer, so the poor’s right will be lost. Hurrying in paying it shall prevent all that. Some people may delay it to be paid in the Holy times such as Ramadan and tenth of Dhu Al-Hijja and that is not permissible unless the delay is slight, as if his zakat is due at the end of Sha’ban, then he delays it to the beginning of Ramadan. Whoever wants to modify the time of his payment of zakat to be in the Holy times, he can amend it by paying it before the completion of the year in the month of Ramadan. In such case, his zakat is paid in advance, as the zakatable money doesn’t complete a year. Then, he starts calculating a new year from the month of Ramadan. For example: A Muslim owns SAR 10,000 on 01 Rajab, so it is obligatory to pay zakat on this money on the same date at the next year. But if he wants to pay zakat on the first day of Ramadan of each year: When Ramadan month starts, he will pay zakat on 10,000 that he owned two months ago (01 of Rajab). In such case, this zakat is paid in advance, and then the first day of Ramadan of each year becomes the day when zakat is obligatory. Whoever withholds zakat for years is a sinner, and he must pay the zakat of such years as its then-current value when it was due. Whoever forgets the number of years when he withheld zakat: He has to pay the zakat of the years he sure of, and if pays zakat on what he doubts as a precaution, then it is better for him. Whoever died and did not pay zakat on his wealth, the heirs shall take it out of his legacy.