Zakaat Q&A (10/26)
Question
What if one’s wealth fluctuates during the course of the year?
Answer
It makes no difference whether one’s wealth increases or decreases during the course of the year. Only if one becomes insolvent then one’s Nisāb date will expire.
Questions about this ruling, answered only from the archive with sources.
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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