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The zakah on a loan owed to the creditor

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Question:
This is a question in which the questioner says that he borrowed a sum of money as a loan from one of his relatives for a specific period exceeding one year, and then he assigned it to another person until the deadline. On whom is the zakah due?

Answer:
It is on the creditor. The zakah is on the creditor. This is a debt you have in the possession of so-and-so, a loan you gave him. When the lunar year has passed, you pay the zakah on it.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-103-واجب المسلم تجاه الأفكار والآراء المضللة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:05)

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