The zakah on money lent out before the completion of the lunar year
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Question:
He says: A person has money that has reached the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah), and he lent it to someone before the hawl (lunar year of possession) had passed, and then the borrower returned it. Does he have to pay zakah on it or not?
Answer:
Without a doubt, if the hawl (lunar year of possession) has passed, he has to pay zakah on it, even if it is still in the debt of the debtor. So how much more so if it has been returned to him? He has to pay zakah on it in any case. Yes.
He says: A person has money that has reached the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah), and he lent it to someone before the hawl (lunar year of possession) had passed, and then the borrower returned it. Does he have to pay zakah on it or not?
Answer:
Without a doubt, if the hawl (lunar year of possession) has passed, he has to pay zakah on it, even if it is still in the debt of the debtor. So how much more so if it has been returned to him? He has to pay zakah on it in any case. Yes.
Source
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