The Ruling on the Zakah of a Debt When the Lunar Year Has Passed and It Is with the Debtors
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: A man has a debt owed to him by people, and at the same time, he has a debt on himself, with installments being deducted from his salary. He receives amounts from the debt owed to him by people at a time when he needs them to cover the shortfall that has occurred in his salary, so he spends them immediately. Does he owe zakah on them, given that the lunar year has passed while they are with the debtors?
Answer:
Without doubt, zakah is due on this if the lunar year has completed while it is in the liability of the debtors. You have answered that zakah is due on it, so he purifies it by giving out one-fourth of a tenth.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: A man has a debt owed to him by people, and at the same time, he has a debt on himself, with installments being deducted from his salary. He receives amounts from the debt owed to him by people at a time when he needs them to cover the shortfall that has occurred in his salary, so he spends them immediately. Does he owe zakah on them, given that the lunar year has passed while they are with the debtors?
Answer:
Without doubt, zakah is due on this if the lunar year has completed while it is in the liability of the debtors. You have answered that zakah is due on it, so he purifies it by giving out one-fourth of a tenth.
Source
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