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Zakat Gaji & Pendapatan Professional - 1
Is zakat payable on salary and professional income?
Short answer
The National Fatwa Committee meeting held on 9 December 1992 decided that Muslims may pay zakat from salary income.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- National Fatwa Committee (JAKIM)
- Date
- Status
- Fatwa committee decision
- Series
- Kompilasi Pandangan Hukum Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa MKI (JAKIM, terbitan 2016)
- Topic
- Zakat
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The National Fatwa Committee meeting held on 9 December 1992 decided that Muslims may pay zakat from salary income. The Inland Revenue Board is to grant a zakat rebate on the amount paid. Professional income is subject to obligatory zakat because it falls under zakat on trade.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Pendapatan profesional diwajibkan zakat kerana ia termasuk dalam zakat perniagaan.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
National Fatwa Committee (JAKIM). “Zakat Gaji & Pendapatan Professional - 1”, 9 December 1992. https://www.islam.gov.my/images/ePenerbitan/KOMPILASI_MUZAKARAH_MKI_2016.pdf#zakat-gaji-pendapatan-professional-1. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/zakat-on-salary-and-professional-income/