QUESTION:
How should Zakaat be calculated on inheritance money which one receives. The money was only received several years after the deceased had passed away. Should it be calculated from the day that the deceased passed away or from the time the money was received? Will there be a difference if the estate was wound up immediately upon death or if it was wound up a few years later?
ANSWER:
Zakaat should be calculated from the time the money is received and not from the day that the deceased passed away.
And Allah Ta’aala knows best
Attested to as correct by:
Mufti Muhammed Ashraf
17 September 2010 / 08 Shawaal 1431