The Ruling on Dropping a Debt from Zakah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this question is constantly on the lips of many of the brothers and questioners. It is that a person has money with another, and when this money is delayed with that person, the owner of the money says, "I will drop this debt from my zakah."
Answer:
It is not permissible to drop a debt from the zakah. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says, "And give the zakah." That is, pay it. So the one giving zakah pays, and the needy person takes from the one giving zakah. Dropping a debt is not like that. Also, perhaps he dropped this debt because he despaired of getting it, or because getting it became distant, so this would not be a substitute for the obligatory zakah in its entirety. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this question is constantly on the lips of many of the brothers and questioners. It is that a person has money with another, and when this money is delayed with that person, the owner of the money says, "I will drop this debt from my zakah."
Answer:
It is not permissible to drop a debt from the zakah. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says, "And give the zakah." That is, pay it. So the one giving zakah pays, and the needy person takes from the one giving zakah. Dropping a debt is not like that. Also, perhaps he dropped this debt because he despaired of getting it, or because getting it became distant, so this would not be a substitute for the obligatory zakah in its entirety. Yes.
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