The ruling on collecting zakah money and delaying its distribution throughout the year
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to collect the zakah money with me and not distribute it, so that if a person in need comes to me for marriage, I can give it to him, and this is for the entire year?
Answer:
It is not permissible to withhold the zakah. It is obligatory to pay it out immediately when it becomes due, and it must not be withheld. This is the obligatory duty. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:56] One must hasten to pay it out.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to collect the zakah money with me and not distribute it, so that if a person in need comes to me for marriage, I can give it to him, and this is for the entire year?
Answer:
It is not permissible to withhold the zakah. It is obligatory to pay it out immediately when it becomes due, and it must not be withheld. This is the obligatory duty. Allah the Exalted said:
And establish prayer and give zakah
وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 29-06-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (43:43)
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