The Question of the Debtor Who Is Unable to Pay the Merchants from Their Zakah
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: A man has accumulated debts and is unable to pay them off. His question is: Is it permissible for him to ask merchants from their zakah?
The Shaykh:
A man.
The questioner:
A man has accumulated debts and is unable to pay them off, so is it permissible for him to ask merchants for their zakah?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if debts have accumulated on him and he has no means to pay them off, it is permissible for him to ask for the amount needed to settle these debts.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: A man has accumulated debts and is unable to pay them off. His question is: Is it permissible for him to ask merchants from their zakah?
The Shaykh:
A man.
The questioner:
A man has accumulated debts and is unable to pay them off, so is it permissible for him to ask merchants for their zakah?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if debts have accumulated on him and he has no means to pay them off, it is permissible for him to ask for the amount needed to settle these debts.
Source
العقيدة الواسطية 13-03-1438هـ — af.org.sa (56:48)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.