Returning from money designated for charity before it is distributed
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a woman says: I set aside a specific amount from my salary, or I designate a specific amount from my salary and keep it aside for charity. Is it permissible, when I want to pay the zakah of my wealth, to take from the money I set aside for charity and pay the zakah from it?
Answer:
Yes, as long as what she allocated for charity is her money, she may return from the charity, and she may pay it as zakah. Because as long as she has not given it to the poor person, 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 distributed to the poor person and given to him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, a woman says: I set aside a specific amount from my salary, or I designate a specific amount from my salary and keep it aside for charity. Is it permissible, when I want to pay the zakah of my wealth, to take from the money I set aside for charity and pay the zakah from it?
Answer:
Yes, as long as what she allocated for charity is her money, she may return from the charity, and she may pay it as zakah. Because as long as she has not given it to the poor person, 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 distributed to the poor person and given to him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 10 — archive.org (12:14)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.