Paying zakah to a debtor imprisoned for his debt
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible to pay zakah to a man who has a debt and has been imprisoned because of that debt?
Answer:
If he is unable to pay, if he is a debtor who is unable to pay and is being pursued for the debt, it is paid from the zakah; he is given from the zakah what is needed to settle his debt.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible to pay zakah to a man who has a debt and has been imprisoned because of that debt?
Answer:
If he is unable to pay, if he is a debtor who is unable to pay and is being pursued for the debt, it is paid from the zakah; he is given from the zakah what is needed to settle his debt.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 16-10-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (1:06:15)
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