Uncertainty Of When To Start Calculating Zakaat
Question
If one is not certain of the day that he turned baaligh and years have passed. He paid zakaat for some years but does not know exactly how many years he missed. What should he do?
Answer
If you do not know at all when you turned baaligh then consider yourself to be baaligh at the age of fifteen lunar years.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
( بلوغ الغلام بالاحتلام والإحبال والإنزال ) والأصل هو الإنزال ( والجارية بالاحتلام والحيض والحبل ) ولم يذكر الإنزال صريحا لأنه قلما يعلم منها ( فإن لم يوجد فيهما ) شيء ( فحتى يتم لكل منهما خمس عشرة سنة به يفتى ) لقصر أعمار أهل زماننا ( الدر المختار 6/153)
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- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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