Conditions for Zakaah Being Obligatory, - Dought & clear, - * Should he pay zakaah on the expenses that his father givesto him?

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I am still studying, and my father is spending on me. I do not spend a lot, so, Alhamdulillah, I do not think that my wallet was empty of money for some time. I think more than a year passed, but I do not remember exactly how long. This money I have increases and decreases during the year. My father provides me with money every so often. Sometimes I have about 1000 Saudi Riyal, other times I have 5000 or more. Do I have to pay Zakat on this money, knowing that my father does not give in specific times or specific amounts?
My question is:
In case I should pay Zakat, how shall I calculate it? Should I give it out to the Zakat treasury?
Another question:
What is the nisaab of money (the amount that determines whether Zakat is obligatory if a full year turns on it; anyone who has more than this is obliged to pay Zakat)?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Zakaah is due on cash if you have full possession of the nisaab (minimum threshold) and one full hijri year has passed.
The expenses that a father gives to his son is something that the son takes full possession of and disposes of as he wishes, so that is subject to zakaah.
Secondly:
It is well known that cash in the form of bank notes was not known at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), but the scholars have ruled that it is subject to zakaah by analogy with gold and silver.
The nisaab for gold is 85 grams, and the nisaab for silver is 595 grams.
If the cash reaches the value of the nisaab for gold or the value of the nisaab for silver, then it has reached the minimum threshold.
As silver is of a lower price nowadays, the nisaab for cash may be worked out on the basis of the nisaab for silver, because that is more on the safe side and is more beneficial to the poor.
Based on the price of silver today – 12 Rabee’ al-Aakhir 1428 AH/29 April 2007 CE – the nisaab for cash is approximately 1093 Saudi Riyals.
If you own this amount of money and one full hijri year has passed since you acquired this amount and it has not dipped below the nisaab during this year, then zakaah must be paid on it, at a rate of 2.5 %.
But if the cash that you possessed dipped below the nisaab during the year, then zakaah does not have to be paid on it, until it reaches the nisaab again and you start to reckon a new year from the time it reached the nisaab.
If the amount by which it dipped below the nisaab was small, then in order to be on the safe side you may pay zakaah, and carry on counting the year. That is because the price of silver fluctuates and does not remain constant throughout the year.
We should not forget to commend your keenness and concern with regard to zakaah, even though you are talking about pocket money that you take from your father, but you are paying attention to Allaah’s right to it and have asked about the Islamic ruling on it at a time when many rich people neglect this pillar of Islam and do not acknowledge Allaah’s rights over their wealth or spend a lot or a little of it, and they spend their days accumulating and hoarding and seeking to acquire more, but at the reckoning on the Day of Resurrection their wealth will be a cause of loss and regret.
Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And those who hoard up gold and silver (Al‑Kanz: the money, the Zakaah of which has not been paid) and spend them not in the way of Allaah, announce unto them a painful torment.
35. On the Day when that (Al‑Kanz: money, gold and silver, the Zakaah of which has not been paid) will be heated in the fire of Hell and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, (and it will be said unto them:) ‘This is the treasure which you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what you used to hoard’”
[al-Tawbah 9:34-35]
We ask Allaah to bless your wealth for you and to grant you abundant halaal provision.
And Allaah knows best.

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Conditions for Zakaah Being Obligatory, - Dought & clear, - * Zakaahon wealth earned during the year

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How should Zakat be calculated? When the wealth reaches the nisaab (the amount that determines whether Zakat is obligatory)? Or when a full year turns on it? If the amount I have when a nisaab completed was 10.000, but became 50.000 with the end of the year. On which amount shall I calculate the Zakat of wealth?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
In order for zakaah to be due on money, two conditions must be met:
1 – That it reaches the nisaab (minimum threshold)
2 – That one year has passed since it reaches the nisaab.
If the money is less than the nisaab, then no zakaah is due on it.
If it reaches the nisaab, and one year has passed, i.e. a lunar (hijri) year has passed since the time when it reached the nisaab, then zakaah becomes due at that point.
The nisaab is the equivalent of 85 grams of gold or 595 grams of silver.
The rate that must be paid for zakaah is one quarter of one tenth (2.5%).
Secondly:
If the money reaches the nisaab and it is 1000 for example, then at the end of the year it is 5000, how should zakaah be paid?
That depends:
1 – If this extra amount stems directly from the original amount, such as if the thousand was invested, and earned four thousand, then you should pay zakaah on the entire amount at the end of the year, because the profit on money is connected to the capital.
2 – If this extra amount did not stem directly from the original amount, rather it is money that was acquired by different means, such as an inheritance or a gift, or it is the price of something that you sold, and so on, then a separate year should be counted for it, starting from the day when you took possession of this extra amount. But if you want to pay its zakaah with the thousand, in advance, there is nothing wrong with that.
3 – This extra amount may come gradually, such as money that a person saves from his salary, so he saves 500 one month, and 1000 another month, until at the end of the year he has collected 4000. So you have the choice of paying the whole amount when one year has passed for the thousand, in which case you will have paid zakaah in advance for the money for which a year has not yet passed, or you can pay the zakaah for each sum separately when its year has passed, but this entails some kind of hardship, as you will be paying zakaah several times in one year. .
And Allaah knows best.

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Conditions for Zakaah Being Obligatory, - Dought & clear, - * Paying zakat on total wealth not justthe amount greater than nisaab

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Should the Zakat be paid from the WHOLE money you have (if more than elnisab) or from the amount you have beyond elnisab (the remains from subtracting the nisab from the whole money) ?
Al-hamdu lillah (all praise be to Allah). Al-Khiraqi (rahimahullah) said: "If it (nisaab al-zakaat) is reached then a quarter of 1/10 is due upon it and upon whatever exceeds it, no matter how small." Ibn Qadama (rahimahullah) in explaining this statement said: "Meaning that if the amount of silver has reached 200 (which is the nisaab of silver in dirhams as has been discussed in question # 64) and the dinars 20 (which is the nisaab for gold in the units of mathaqeel [ see also question #64]) then one is obligated to pay zakaat upon it one quarter of 10 percent, as this has been established by his (the Prophet's , peace be upon him) saying 'for silver, one fourth of one tenth' " (Al-Mughni ma'a al-sharh il-kabeer, 2/600)
As for the meaning of the rest of the statement that what exceeds the nisaab no matter how small, it means that 1/4 of 1/10 (i.e. 2.5%) is also due upon this surplus difference. Thus, the overall meaning is that if monetary wealth surpasses the amount of nisaab, then zakaat is due upon it all, and not upon the surplus only, nor upon the amount of nisaab only, but on the total. Note that zakaat must be paid on the excess amount over nisaab, regardless of how small. This is the opinion taken by Malik and al-Shaafi'i and jumhoor al-ulemaa'. (see the source quoted above)

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Conditions for Zakaah Being Obligatory, - Dought & clear, - * Paying Zakaat before its due date

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Can you pay zakat before its due date? Assume it is due in July , and you decide to give it in April or portions of it in may.
Thank you...
Praise be to Allaah.
Yes, it is permissible to pay zakaat before its due date, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) accepted two years’ zakaat in advance from al-‘Abbaas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib. But we should remember here that the annual payment of zakaat is worked out according to the Hijri (Islamic) calendar, and not the Gregorian (western) calendar – the difference between them is well known.

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