If the person doesn’t pay zakaat in previous year?

Answer By Dr Zakir Naik,As we discussed a few days earlier Ramadhaan — the month of Repentance, there are some criteria for repentance. If you have done something wrong, agree it is wrong, stop it immediately, don’t do it in future and if you can undo it. So if you know not paying Zakaat is wrong, agree it is wrong not paying Zakaat, stop it that means stop not paying Zakaat, that means start paying Zakaat, see to it that you don’t stop paying Zakaat, keep on continue paying Zakaat and you can undo it. Undo it means you have to pay Zakaat because that belongs to the poor people, the 8 categories of people, so you are depriving them of their wealth which is rightfully theirs. So if you have not paid Zakaat for a few years and now you have realized that you have to pay Zakaat so you have to roughly calculate what was the amount of Zakaat they had to pay each year. So if you haven’t paid for 5 years, roughly calculate, if you can exactly, if you know what was your saving and what was your asset then calculate exactly. If you cannot then whatever you can do best of your ability so that your conscious is clear, go back whether it’s 5 years, 10 years, 15 years give 2½% of the each year’s asset you had, the saving you had and give it as soon as possible, the sooner you do it, the better it is. That is the best way of repenting and InshaAllah, Allah will increase your wealth.