Ruling on the zakah of forbidden wealth
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Q60: The questioner says: I used to receive a salary from the social security fund, but they would not disburse it unless I presented a document from the school certifying my continued enrollment. My uncle would go to the school and obtain the document whenever they requested it, and then they would pay me what I was entitled to. Is what I receive lawful or forbidden? And is there zakah due on what I receive from the social security fund or not?
A60: If this money disbursed from the social security fund is a reward for studying, then it is not permissible for you to take it unless you are actually studying. However, if you have dropped out of studies, it is not permissible for you to take any of it, because that would be taking it without justification. It is also not permissible for the school to issue a certificate attesting that you are studying when that is not the case, because this is considered lying and fraud, which is not permissible. Likewise, regarding what you mentioned about
if you have accumulated money of this kind, is there zakah in it or not? It is not permissible if it is of the nature you described, involving fraud and lying, because you do not own it. It is obligatory to return it to its source and get rid of it. However, if you took it while you were studying and continuing your studies, and some money accumulated with you, and it reached the nisab, such as eighty-five grams of silver in Saudi riyals, or the equivalent in currency, or more than that, and a lunar year has passed over it, then zakah is obligatory on it if it reached the nisab and a lunar year has passed from the time you received it until the year is complete. The zakah is one-quarter of one-tenth, that is, two and a half percent. And Allah the Exalted knows best.
A60: If this money disbursed from the social security fund is a reward for studying, then it is not permissible for you to take it unless you are actually studying. However, if you have dropped out of studies, it is not permissible for you to take any of it, because that would be taking it without justification. It is also not permissible for the school to issue a certificate attesting that you are studying when that is not the case, because this is considered lying and fraud, which is not permissible. Likewise, regarding what you mentioned about
if you have accumulated money of this kind, is there zakah in it or not? It is not permissible if it is of the nature you described, involving fraud and lying, because you do not own it. It is obligatory to return it to its source and get rid of it. However, if you took it while you were studying and continuing your studies, and some money accumulated with you, and it reached the nisab, such as eighty-five grams of silver in Saudi riyals, or the equivalent in currency, or more than that, and a lunar year has passed over it, then zakah is obligatory on it if it reached the nisab and a lunar year has passed from the time you received it until the year is complete. The zakah is one-quarter of one-tenth, that is, two and a half percent. And Allah the Exalted knows best.
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