The ruling on increasing the zakah for one who has neglected previous years
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to increase the zakah, especially if a person has been negligent in previous years, so that he pays out more money than what is due from him?
Answer:
No, meaning he pays out the zakah that remains in his liability. He calculates it, knows its amount, and pays it out, because it is a debt in his liability. This is necessary. He does not just take out money and say, "This is for the zakah," when he has not determined it or known its amount. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to increase the zakah, especially if a person has been negligent in previous years, so that he pays out more money than what is due from him?
Answer:
No, meaning he pays out the zakah that remains in his liability. He calculates it, knows its amount, and pays it out, because it is a debt in his liability. This is necessary. He does not just take out money and say, "This is for the zakah," when he has not determined it or known its amount. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 29-06-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (37:28)
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