Zakah of One Who Has a Debt Payable in Installments
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Question:
The questioner says: If a person has a debt that he is paying in installments, does he pay zakah?
Answer:
Yes, on the correct view, a debt does not prevent zakah, and zakah does not prevent a debt. So a Muslim pays zakah on what he has and what he owns, even if he has a debt. However, if he pays the debt before the completion of the lunar year, if he has money and uses it to settle the debt before the lunar year is complete, or pays part of it from it, then there is no zakah on what he uses to settle it before the completion of the lunar year. But if the lunar year passes and he has wealth, he pays zakah on it, even if he has debts. Yes.
The questioner says: If a person has a debt that he is paying in installments, does he pay zakah?
Answer:
Yes, on the correct view, a debt does not prevent zakah, and zakah does not prevent a debt. So a Muslim pays zakah on what he has and what he owns, even if he has a debt. However, if he pays the debt before the completion of the lunar year, if he has money and uses it to settle the debt before the lunar year is complete, or pays part of it from it, then there is no zakah on what he uses to settle it before the completion of the lunar year. But if the lunar year passes and he has wealth, he pays zakah on it, even if he has debts. Yes.
Source
مجالس رمضان 1431هـ - 01 — alfawzan.live (28:13)
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