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Paying the Zakaah before its appointed time
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Question: Is it permissible to extract the zakaah before its [appointed] time; Such as two or three months [before]?

Response: There is no harm in [doing] that, because this [practice] was established by the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), when he [permitted the] taking of two years worth of zakaah from his uncle al-'Abbaas in advance.

Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee
Fataawa ash-Shaykh al-'Allaamah Muhammad Naasiruddeen al-Albaanee fil-Madeenah wal-Imaaraat - Page 118
Fataawa al-Imaaraat - Page 61