What is the ruling on paying zakah or its value, given that I cannot find or know anyone who is entitled to it?
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His other question says: What is the ruling on paying zakah or its value, given that I cannot find or know anyone who is entitled to it?
Answer:
If you have wealth upon which zakah is obligatory, then it is obligatory for you to pay the zakah. If you do not know anyone who is entitled to it because you are in a foreign land and do not know the eligible recipients, then you must appoint someone who knows them. You should appoint one of your brothers from the people of the land in whom you trust to distribute it to the eligible recipients. Yes. And if you do not know anyone and are unable to appoint someone, then you transfer it from the land where you do not know the eligible recipients to another land where you know who is entitled to zakah, and you pay it to them. May Allah reward you with good.
His other question says: What is the ruling on paying zakah or its value, given that I cannot find or know anyone who is entitled to it?
Answer:
If you have wealth upon which zakah is obligatory, then it is obligatory for you to pay the zakah. If you do not know anyone who is entitled to it because you are in a foreign land and do not know the eligible recipients, then you must appoint someone who knows them. You should appoint one of your brothers from the people of the land in whom you trust to distribute it to the eligible recipients. Yes. And if you do not know anyone and are unable to appoint someone, then you transfer it from the land where you do not know the eligible recipients to another land where you know who is entitled to zakah, and you pay it to them. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الحكم في إخراج الزكاة أو قيمتها مع أنني لا أجد ولا أعرف مستحقاً لها؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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