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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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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.
within whose wealth is a known rightفِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ
[Al-Ma'arij 70:24]
From it and
For the petitioner and the deprived -لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
[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.
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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