The Competition of Zakah with the Debts of Creditors in the Estate
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah open for you, how does zakah compete with the estate as a debt of the creditors, given that the rights of created beings are based on competition, while the rights of the Creator, Glorified and Exalted, are based on forgiveness?
Answer:
These are the rights of created beings, my brother, because zakah (the obligatory alms) is for those in need; zakah is for those in need. It is an act of worship for Allah, and it is a right of the poor and those in need, so it is the rights of created beings. Yes.[Al-Ma'arij 70:24] From it and [Al-Ma'arij 70:25], it has become the rights of created beings. Yes. Why, my brother, did you recite the verse when you already knew the answer? Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah open for you, how does zakah compete with the estate as a debt of the creditors, given that the rights of created beings are based on competition, while the rights of the Creator, Glorified and Exalted, are based on forgiveness?
Answer:
These are the rights of created beings, my brother, because zakah (the obligatory alms) is for those in need; zakah is for those in need. It is an act of worship for Allah, and it is a right of the poor and those in need, so it is the rights of created beings. Yes.
within whose wealth is a known right
فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌFor the petitioner and the deprived -
لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 032 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الزكاة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:13:23)
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