The Ruling on Taking Zakah from Trust Money
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The questioner:
Muhammad from Mahayil Asir has three questions. Let us take his questions and then present them to the Shaykh. Go ahead, Muhammad. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. The first question, Muhammad. The first question, may Allah preserve you. I have twelve thousand riyals that I hold in trust, and a lunar year has passed over it. I am in need of zakah. Should I pay the zakah and take it for myself? Or should I pay the zakah and give it out from my own funds? This is the first question. Wait, okay, the Shaykh will answer. He has twelve thousand riyals, Honorable Shaykh, and a lunar year has passed over it.
The Shaykh:
Yes, zakah is obligatory on it. He must pay out one-quarter of a tenth.
The questioner:
Okay, I am taking the zakah, knowing that I am in need, but I have a salary, yet I need this money. I am taking the zakah. He is holding a trust, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Is this money for a sister of mine? It is for his sister, and he asks: Do I take its zakah?
The Shaykh:
If it is not your zakah, it is not permissible for you to take it, because you are an agent. If you were appointed to pay the zakah on this deposit of money you are holding, then you must pay it out to the poor and the needy, and you must not take anything from it for yourself, because you are an agent and a trustee. Yes.
Muhammad from Mahayil Asir has three questions. Let us take his questions and then present them to the Shaykh. Go ahead, Muhammad. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. The first question, Muhammad. The first question, may Allah preserve you. I have twelve thousand riyals that I hold in trust, and a lunar year has passed over it. I am in need of zakah. Should I pay the zakah and take it for myself? Or should I pay the zakah and give it out from my own funds? This is the first question. Wait, okay, the Shaykh will answer. He has twelve thousand riyals, Honorable Shaykh, and a lunar year has passed over it.
The Shaykh:
Yes, zakah is obligatory on it. He must pay out one-quarter of a tenth.
The questioner:
Okay, I am taking the zakah, knowing that I am in need, but I have a salary, yet I need this money. I am taking the zakah. He is holding a trust, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Is this money for a sister of mine? It is for his sister, and he asks: Do I take its zakah?
The Shaykh:
If it is not your zakah, it is not permissible for you to take it, because you are an agent. If you were appointed to pay the zakah on this deposit of money you are holding, then you must pay it out to the poor and the needy, and you must not take anything from it for yourself, because you are an agent and a trustee. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4411] هل يجوز لمن عنده وديعة أن يأخذ من زكاتها؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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