How is Zakat on money paid, what is the amount of money that necessitates its payment, and how is the Hawl (one-year period) calculated?
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If the wealth (money and trade goods) reaches the value of 85 grams of gold or 595 grams of silver, then the Muslim has owned the of . Zakat becomes obligatory upon him if a lunar year ('hawl') passes over it, and his wealth has not decreased below the Nisab. The amount of Zakat that must be given out is a quarter of a tenth (2.5%) to the poor and the needy.
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