If a person forgives a debtor with the intention of zakah, is that sufficient?

Question : If a person forgives his debtor with the intention of zakah—for example, his zakah is ten thousand riyals, and he has a poor debtor who owes him ten thousand riyals—and he says, "So-and-so, I have forgiven you," intending it to be from his zakah, is that sufficient or not? Good. Good.

Answer : It is not sufficient; it is not sufficient. The Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said this without any dispute. The reason is that a debt is like the defective in the output of zakah from the good, because the money in your hand is in your hand, and you dispose of it as you wish.
You give it as a gift and dispose of it in every way. But the debt? No, it is not like that. The owner of the debt may be one from whom repayment is not expected, not even in the distant future. So this is as follows: also, a person cannot dispose of it as he disposes of the money in his hand. If he wanted to sell it to one of his companions, or if he wanted to make it a family in a residence, it would not be valid. Therefore, forgiving a poor debtor does not suffice for zakah. Rather, we say: give from your zakah, and if he wishes, he will repay you, and if he wishes, he will give to someone else. Yes.