Zakah on a debt owed by a person who has disappeared
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I bought or sold a car to a person. I sold a car to a person, and he still owes me ten thousand, and it has been several years. This person has disappeared, and I do not know where he is. So, is zakah due on this ten thousand that is in his liability?
Answer:
No, you do not owe zakah on it until you receive it. Once you receive it, you pay zakah on it for one year, because you do not know whether it will be returned to you or not. But if it is returned, you pay zakah on it for one year. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I bought or sold a car to a person. I sold a car to a person, and he still owes me ten thousand, and it has been several years. This person has disappeared, and I do not know where he is. So, is zakah due on this ten thousand that is in his liability?
Answer:
No, you do not owe zakah on it until you receive it. Once you receive it, you pay zakah on it for one year, because you do not know whether it will be returned to you or not. But if it is returned, you pay zakah on it for one year. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 09-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (58:07)
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