Wealth decreasing below the amount of nisaab

Q: If at the beginning of a zakaat year I have above the nisaab level and then throughout the year it goes up and down of the nisaab level over and over again and at then at the end of the year on the day when zakaat is due the amount of wealth is below the nisaab level, do I have to pay zakaat?

A: No

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)