Paying Zakaat before its due date
Question

                Can you pay zakat before its due date? Assume it is due in July , and you 
decide to give it in April or portions of it in may.
Thank you...
Praise be to Allah.
Yes, it is permissible to pay zakaat before its due date, because the Prophet 
 
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) accepted two years’ zakaat in advance 
from al-‘Abbaas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib. But we should remember here that the annual 
payment of zakaat is worked out according to the Hijri (Islamic) calendar, and not the 
Gregorian (western) calendar – the difference between them is well known.