Is it permissible to consider the debt of the deceased as zakah?
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Question:
Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: My brother passed away, and I had one hundred thousand riyals with him. I forgave him fifty thousand, and I want to make the rest from the zakah. Is that permissible?
Answer:
No, no, it is not permissible to count the remainder from the zakah. It is not permissible. Zakah is not used to pay off the debts of the deceased; rather, it is given to the poor who are alive.
Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: My brother passed away, and I had one hundred thousand riyals with him. I forgave him fifty thousand, and I want to make the rest from the zakah. Is that permissible?
Answer:
No, no, it is not permissible to count the remainder from the zakah. It is not permissible. Zakah is not used to pay off the debts of the deceased; rather, it is given to the poor who are alive.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1800- 4717] هل يجوز اعتبار الدين الذي على الميت من الزكاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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