Zakah on debts owed by people
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: People have borrowed money from me. Is it obligatory for me to pay zakah on those debts?
Answer:
It is obligatory for them, the debtors, to pay the zakah. As for you, you pay zakah on the money that is with you. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: People have borrowed money from me. Is it obligatory for me to pay zakah on those debts?
Answer:
It is obligatory for them, the debtors, to pay the zakah. As for you, you pay zakah on the money that is with you. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 04-05-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:14:12)
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