Leaving zakah for many years
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If I have not paid zakah throughout my life, will sins be recorded against me?
Answer:
I seek refuge in Allah. Likewise, the one who abandons an obligatory duty of Islam. However, the zakah is not dropped from him. He calculates it for the past years and pays it. It is not dropped from him, even if it were for a hundred years. He calculates it and pays it.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If I have not paid zakah throughout my life, will sins be recorded against me?
Answer:
I seek refuge in Allah. Likewise, the one who abandons an obligatory duty of Islam. However, the zakah is not dropped from him. He calculates it for the past years and pays it. It is not dropped from him, even if it were for a hundred years. He calculates it and pays it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [702\ 3436] ترك الزكاة لسنوات كثيرة |الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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