The zakah on money taken from one’s father for trade, on the condition that it be returned when requested
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The questioner:
The questioner says: I asked my father for permission to take a sum of money from him so that I could trade with it, on the condition that I would return the amount whenever he asked for it. A lunar year has passed while this amount was in my possession, so I told my father, “I will pay the zakah on this amount.” Is that sufficient, or is it necessary that my father pay the zakah?
The Shaykh:
Do you repeat the question?
The questioner:
He says: I asked my father for permission to take a sum of money from him so that I could trade with it, on the condition that I would return it whenever he asked for it. A lunar year has passed while this amount was in my possession, so I told my father, “I will pay the zakah on this amount.” Is that sufficient, or is it necessary that my father pay the zakah?
The Shaykh:
This would be riba (usury or interest) as an increase in the loan; this is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner says: I asked my father for permission to take a sum of money from him so that I could trade with it, on the condition that I would return the amount whenever he asked for it. A lunar year has passed while this amount was in my possession, so I told my father, “I will pay the zakah on this amount.” Is that sufficient, or is it necessary that my father pay the zakah?
The Shaykh:
Do you repeat the question?
The questioner:
He says: I asked my father for permission to take a sum of money from him so that I could trade with it, on the condition that I would return it whenever he asked for it. A lunar year has passed while this amount was in my possession, so I told my father, “I will pay the zakah on this amount.” Is that sufficient, or is it necessary that my father pay the zakah?
The Shaykh:
This would be riba (usury or interest) as an increase in the loan; this is not permissible. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you,
Source
بلوغ المرام 22-07-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (58:43)
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