The Competition of Zakah with the Debts of Creditors in the Estate
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how is zakah deducted from the estate as a debt to the creditors, given that the rights of believers
Answer:
and created beings are based on strictness, while the rights of the Creator, Glorified and Exalted, are based on forgiveness. These are the rights of created beings, my brother, because zakah is for the needy. Zakah is for the needy; it is an act of worship for Allah, and it is a right of the poor and the needy, so it is the rights of created beings. Yes. In their wealth, there is a known right for the beggar and the one whose means have been cut off, so it has become the rights of created beings. Yes. I wish, my brother, that when you read it, there would be no one who knows the answer, yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how is zakah deducted from the estate as a debt to the creditors, given that the rights of believers
Answer:
and created beings are based on strictness, while the rights of the Creator, Glorified and Exalted, are based on forgiveness. These are the rights of created beings, my brother, because zakah is for the needy. Zakah is for the needy; it is an act of worship for Allah, and it is a right of the poor and the needy, so it is the rights of created beings. Yes. In their wealth, there is a known right for the beggar and the one whose means have been cut off, so it has become the rights of created beings. Yes. I wish, my brother, that when you read it, there would be no one who knows the answer, yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 031-كتاب الزكاة - 1 - 30-1-22 هـ — archive.org (34:18)
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