The Ruling on Delaying the Payment of Zakah Until the Salary Is Received
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for me to delay paying my zakah by a week until my salary is deposited, and this would be more beneficial for the poor?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. It is permissible to delay it, and to pay the zakah immediately when it becomes obligatory. However, if the delay is for an excuse, there is nothing wrong with it, until your salary arrives, or until you find money from which to pay the zakah. Or, if you hold back the zakah for the sake of those in greater need so that you can deliver it to them, there is nothing wrong with that. If the delay of the zakah is for a legitimate religious excuse, there is nothing wrong with it.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for me to delay paying my zakah by a week until my salary is deposited, and this would be more beneficial for the poor?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. It is permissible to delay it, and to pay the zakah immediately when it becomes obligatory. However, if the delay is for an excuse, there is nothing wrong with it, until your salary arrives, or until you find money from which to pay the zakah. Or, if you hold back the zakah for the sake of those in greater need so that you can deliver it to them, there is nothing wrong with that. If the delay of the zakah is for a legitimate religious excuse, there is nothing wrong with it.
Source
لقاء رمضان 08-09-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (24:33)
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