Taking from Zakah to Settle Wedding Debts
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I got married some time ago and took on many debts for the cost of the wedding, so
The Shaykh:
if they had died.
The questioner:
I got married some time ago and took on many debts for the cost of the wedding. May I take from the zakah to settle my debt, or not?
The Shaykh:
If you are unable to pay and you are being demanded to pay these debts, it is permissible for you to take from the zakah; because you fall under the category of the debtor (gharim), the debtor for himself. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: "and the debtors." He made the debtors one of the categories of those entitled to zakah. The debtor is divided into two types: a debtor for himself and a debtor for another. You are a debtor for yourself, so you take from it.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I got married some time ago and took on many debts for the cost of the wedding, so
The Shaykh:
if they had died.
The questioner:
I got married some time ago and took on many debts for the cost of the wedding. May I take from the zakah to settle my debt, or not?
The Shaykh:
If you are unable to pay and you are being demanded to pay these debts, it is permissible for you to take from the zakah; because you fall under the category of the debtor (gharim), the debtor for himself. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: "and the debtors." He made the debtors one of the categories of those entitled to zakah. The debtor is divided into two types: a debtor for himself and a debtor for another. You are a debtor for yourself, so you take from it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 032 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الزكاة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:20)
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