The Ruling on Paying Zakah Outside the Zakah-Payer's Country
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The questioner:
The questioner asks, Shaykh, about zakah. He says: Is it permissible to pay it outside the country?
The Shaykh:
The zakah on wealth is to be paid in the country where the wealth is located; this is the best course.
The presenter:
Please, go ahead.
The Shaykh:
Do not transfer it except for a stronger reason, such as there being more poor people there who are in greater need than the poor people present here, or having poor relatives to whom he transfers it. This is a valid reason. Yes.
The questioner:
And what about zakat al-fitr, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Zakat al-fitr is paid in the country where the person is, because it is a zakah on the body. So wherever the body is found in a country, it is paid there to the Muslims who are entitled to it. Yes.
The questioner asks, Shaykh, about zakah. He says: Is it permissible to pay it outside the country?
The Shaykh:
The zakah on wealth is to be paid in the country where the wealth is located; this is the best course.
The presenter:
Please, go ahead.
The Shaykh:
Do not transfer it except for a stronger reason, such as there being more poor people there who are in greater need than the poor people present here, or having poor relatives to whom he transfers it. This is a valid reason. Yes.
The questioner:
And what about zakat al-fitr, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Zakat al-fitr is paid in the country where the person is, because it is a zakah on the body. So wherever the body is found in a country, it is paid there to the Muslims who are entitled to it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4192] حكم إخراج الزكاة خارج بلد المزكي - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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