Is it permissible to pay the value of the obligatory zakah in cash when there is a need?

Question : That is, he is asking: Is it permissible to pay the value instead of the obligatory item when there is a need?

Answer : The correct view is that there is no harm in it, because it is permissible to pay the value if there is a need for it. For example, if he says, "What is the value of the young camel?" and its value is, say, five hundred riyals, he pays five hundred riyals when there is a need. All of us have money, yes, and if there is a need, there is no harm.