The Ruling on the Zakah of Deferred Bridal Gift That Has Not Been Received

Question:
A questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, it often happens in our time that a man marries a woman with a prompt mahr of, for example, one thousand dinars and a deferred mahr of ten thousand dinars. Then he leaves the deferred amount for a long time without paying it to the wife, or until he dies. What is the ruling regarding the zakah in this case?

Answer:
She pays zakah on it because it is her right, a debt owed to her in his liability. As long as she is confident that she will receive it and that he will settle it, she pays zakah on it every year. However, if she is not confident that it will come to her, perhaps he will delay it and not give it to her, or something similar, then she pays zakah on it when she receives it, for one year only. Yes.