Zakah on the wealth of a deceased person
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The third and fourth questions of Fatwa No. ( 20453 )
Q3: My father, may Allah have mercy on him, had a balance in the bank. Is there any zakah due on this balance that the heirs must pay after his death? And because of this, the procedures for distributing the inheritance were delayed.
A3: All the wealth and real estate left by the deceased person passes to the ownership of his heirs immediately upon his death, and all rulings related to this wealth, such as zakah, are the responsibility of the heirs, not the deceased. Accordingly, if a lunar year passes over the estate from the time the heirs are able to divide it, it is obligatory for each heir to pay zakah on his share if it reaches the nisab. If it turns out that your father did not pay the zakah on his wealth, you should pay the zakah for the years in which he did not fulfill it before the division of the estate, in order to clear his liability.
Q3: My father, may Allah have mercy on him, had a balance in the bank. Is there any zakah due on this balance that the heirs must pay after his death? And because of this, the procedures for distributing the inheritance were delayed.
A3: All the wealth and real estate left by the deceased person passes to the ownership of his heirs immediately upon his death, and all rulings related to this wealth, such as zakah, are the responsibility of the heirs, not the deceased. Accordingly, if a lunar year passes over the estate from the time the heirs are able to divide it, it is obligatory for each heir to pay zakah on his share if it reaches the nisab. If it turns out that your father did not pay the zakah on his wealth, you should pay the zakah for the years in which he did not fulfill it before the division of the estate, in order to clear his liability.
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www.alifta.gov.sa
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