The Ruling on Delaying the Zakah of Wealth and Appointing an Agent to Pay It
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Question:
Muhammad from Germany says: Excuse me, Shaykh Salih, I am residing in a non-Muslim country and I have not paid the zakah of my wealth for two years. Is it dropped from me, or is it obligatory for me to pay it for the past two years? And is it permissible for me to appoint someone to pay it on my behalf in my home country? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
It remains a debt in your liability, a debt in your liability, so you pay it as a make-up, and it remains in your liability. It was obligatory for you to pay it to the poor Muslims present in the country where you are, because Western and disbeliever countries generally do not lack the presence of Muslim communities. So you pay it to them, or you appoint someone in your country to pay it to the poor. Both matters are permissible. It is not permissible for you to delay and leave it in your liability, because it is a debt and it is not dropped except by its payment. Yes.
Muhammad from Germany says: Excuse me, Shaykh Salih, I am residing in a non-Muslim country and I have not paid the zakah of my wealth for two years. Is it dropped from me, or is it obligatory for me to pay it for the past two years? And is it permissible for me to appoint someone to pay it on my behalf in my home country? May Allah bless you.
Answer:
It remains a debt in your liability, a debt in your liability, so you pay it as a make-up, and it remains in your liability. It was obligatory for you to pay it to the poor Muslims present in the country where you are, because Western and disbeliever countries generally do not lack the presence of Muslim communities. So you pay it to them, or you appoint someone in your country to pay it to the poor. Both matters are permissible. It is not permissible for you to delay and leave it in your liability, because it is a debt and it is not dropped except by its payment. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7584 — youtube.com (5:12)
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