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I demanded my profits from my partner, and he returned the amount after a year and a half. Is zakah obligatory on the elapsed period?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, Abu Faisal from Riyadh says: I invested with a person an amount of one hundred thousand riyals to establish a commercial shop. After I demanded the profits from him, he returned the amount along with the profits, which was after a year and a half of my demand. My question is: Is there zakah on this amount for me? Knowing that the owner of the commercial shop paid zakah on the amount for one year?

Answer:
In any case, if the owner of the shop paid zakah on the money for you and for himself, then there is no harm in that, and this exempts you from zakah. However, if the owner of the money paid zakah only on his share and did not pay it on your share, then if he delayed and you were unable to obtain it except with difficulty and litigation, zakah is not obligatory on you for the duration that your right remained with him. But if you received it and gained control of it, you pay zakah on it after the completion of a lunar year from its receipt, for one year. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، طالبت بأرباحي من شريكي، فرد المبلغ بعد سنة ونصف، فهل تجب الزكاة على ما مضى من المدة؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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