The Ruling on Taking Zakah to Pay Off a Debt
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Question:
The questioner says: A man bought a plot of land on installment, and the installments accumulated on him until they reached seventy-five thousand, and he is unable to pay them off. Is zakah permissible for him?
Answer:
If the debtor is being demanded to pay the debt and he is insolvent and unable to pay it off, this falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted: "and those in debt," because he is in debt for himself. The one in debt for himself is the debtor. So if he is being demanded to pay the debt and he is unable to pay it off, then zakah is permissible for him to pay off his debt with it, because he is among those in debt. Yes.
The questioner says: A man bought a plot of land on installment, and the installments accumulated on him until they reached seventy-five thousand, and he is unable to pay them off. Is zakah permissible for him?
Answer:
If the debtor is being demanded to pay the debt and he is insolvent and unable to pay it off, this falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted: "and those in debt," because he is in debt for himself. The one in debt for himself is the debtor. So if he is being demanded to pay the debt and he is unable to pay it off, then zakah is permissible for him to pay off his debt with it, because he is among those in debt. Yes.
Source
مجالس رمضان 1429هـ - 05 — alfawzan.live (18:16)
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