The Place of Paying Zakah on Jewelry and Zakah for Past Years
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The questioner:
She asks: If I do not have money, what is the ruling? Do I pay in my home country, which is my original place, or do I pay in the country where I am residing?
The Shaykh:
If zakah becomes obligatory on a person’s wealth, whether jewelry or otherwise, he pays it in the country where that wealth is located, based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding Mu’adh ibn Jabal: “Inform themSahih Muslim 19a.”
If a Muslim does not have wealth at the present time from which to pay zakah, the zakah remains a debt on him. When he becomes wealthy, he pays it in the country where the wealth is located. If he transfers it to another country because it is close to the country where the wealth is, or because there are no poor people in the country where the wealth is, he transfers it to a country where there are poor people, or where there are more poor people than needed. According to the stronger opinion, it is obligatory to transfer the zakah for a valid, legitimate, and correct purpose.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. It appears that Shaykh Salih has been away for several years. She did not find her jewelry, so what is your plan for it, and it has become expensive? As for the future, if she wishes, as long as it is for personal use and consumption.
The Shaykh:
Yes, we hold that there is obligatory zakah on it, except from the perspective of choice and avoiding scholarly disagreement. As for the future, if she sees that, yes. And as for the past, nothing is imposed on her regarding it, as long as it is for personal use and consumption.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you
She asks: If I do not have money, what is the ruling? Do I pay in my home country, which is my original place, or do I pay in the country where I am residing?
The Shaykh:
If zakah becomes obligatory on a person’s wealth, whether jewelry or otherwise, he pays it in the country where that wealth is located, based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding Mu’adh ibn Jabal: “Inform them
that Allah has made Zakat obligatory for them that it should be collected from the rich and distributed among the poor
أن الله افترض عليهم صدقة تؤخذ من أغنيائهم فترد في فقرائهمIf a Muslim does not have wealth at the present time from which to pay zakah, the zakah remains a debt on him. When he becomes wealthy, he pays it in the country where the wealth is located. If he transfers it to another country because it is close to the country where the wealth is, or because there are no poor people in the country where the wealth is, he transfers it to a country where there are poor people, or where there are more poor people than needed. According to the stronger opinion, it is obligatory to transfer the zakah for a valid, legitimate, and correct purpose.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. It appears that Shaykh Salih has been away for several years. She did not find her jewelry, so what is your plan for it, and it has become expensive? As for the future, if she wishes, as long as it is for personal use and consumption.
The Shaykh:
Yes, we hold that there is obligatory zakah on it, except from the perspective of choice and avoiding scholarly disagreement. As for the future, if she sees that, yes. And as for the past, nothing is imposed on her regarding it, as long as it is for personal use and consumption.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 116 من المجموعة الأولى للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (19:16)
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