The ruling on taking money set aside for obligatory charity
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A woman says: I have set aside a specific amount from my salary and kept it aside for charity. Is it permissible, when I want to pay my zakah from my money, to take from the money I set aside for charity and then pay my zakah from it?
Answer:
Yes, as long as what she spent on charity is her money, she may withdraw from the charity, and she may pay it as zakah. Because as long as she has not given it to the poor, it is her money and she may dispose of it as she wishes. So she may change her intention from making it a recommended charity to making it zakah. Yes, because it remains in her ownership as long as it has not been spent on the poor, she is allowed to do so. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A woman says: I have set aside a specific amount from my salary and kept it aside for charity. Is it permissible, when I want to pay my zakah from my money, to take from the money I set aside for charity and then pay my zakah from it?
Answer:
Yes, as long as what she spent on charity is her money, she may withdraw from the charity, and she may pay it as zakah. Because as long as she has not given it to the poor, it is her money and she may dispose of it as she wishes. So she may change her intention from making it a recommended charity to making it zakah. Yes, because it remains in her ownership as long as it has not been spent on the poor, she is allowed to do so. Yes.
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