The ruling on delaying the payment of zakah due to a lack of funds
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a lunar year has passed over my wealth and I do not find money to pay the zakah, is it permissible for me to delay paying it, or is it obligatory for me to borrow and pay the zakah?
Answer:
It is permissible for you to delay it. However, you should write this down in a document you have so that you do not forget it, or so that you do not die before paying it, if that is possible. Because it is a debt in your liability, a debt to Allah in your liability. So document it and delay it until you are able to pay it; there is no harm in that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a lunar year has passed over my wealth and I do not find money to pay the zakah, is it permissible for me to delay paying it, or is it obligatory for me to borrow and pay the zakah?
Answer:
It is permissible for you to delay it. However, you should write this down in a document you have so that you do not forget it, or so that you do not die before paying it, if that is possible. Because it is a debt in your liability, a debt to Allah in your liability. So document it and delay it until you are able to pay it; there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (40:59)
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