The Ruling on Converting a Loan Owed by a Person in Financial Difficulty into Zakah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I lent a colleague at work a sum of money, then some circumstances arose and his financial situation deteriorated. His question is: Am I allowed to change the amount I gave from a loan to zakah?
Answer:
No, no, you do not convert it to zakah. Zakah is a payment you make; it is a payment. Forgiving the debt of the insolvent or the poor does not take the place of paying zakah, because Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: “And give zakah,” and “Give zakah.” It is paid. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: I lent a colleague at work a sum of money, then some circumstances arose and his financial situation deteriorated. His question is: Am I allowed to change the amount I gave from a loan to zakah?
Answer:
No, no, you do not convert it to zakah. Zakah is a payment you make; it is a payment. Forgiving the debt of the insolvent or the poor does not take the place of paying zakah, because Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: “And give zakah,” and “Give zakah.” It is paid. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-07-1438 هـ — alfawzan.live (38:44)
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