The Ruling on the Zakah of a Debt Due Before the Lunar Year Has Passed
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The questioner:
Abu 'Abdullah says: I sold my house, and it was agreed that the payment would be completed after one year. Before the year was up, the amount reached me, but thirty thousand riyals remained unpaid for three years. Is it obligatory for me to pay zakah on the amount I received before the year was completed, and on the amount that has not been paid for three years? I ask you to clarify. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
You pay zakah on what is in your hand. As for the debt that people owe you, if you receive it, you pay zakah on it for the time that has passed. Yes.
The questioner:
And on what is in his hand if he received it before the lunar year had passed.
The Shaykh:
When the lunar year is completed, he pays zakah on it.
The presenter:
Yes. May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh.
Abu 'Abdullah says: I sold my house, and it was agreed that the payment would be completed after one year. Before the year was up, the amount reached me, but thirty thousand riyals remained unpaid for three years. Is it obligatory for me to pay zakah on the amount I received before the year was completed, and on the amount that has not been paid for three years? I ask you to clarify. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
You pay zakah on what is in your hand. As for the debt that people owe you, if you receive it, you pay zakah on it for the time that has passed. Yes.
The questioner:
And on what is in his hand if he received it before the lunar year had passed.
The Shaykh:
When the lunar year is completed, he pays zakah on it.
The presenter:
Yes. May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7494 — youtube.com (17:01)
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