Zakah on money owed by a debtor
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Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, if I lent one of my colleagues ten thousand riyals, and a lunar year has passed, and the amount is still with him and he has not returned it to me, do I have to pay zakah on it?
Answer:
Yes, this is your money, and it is in the debtor's liability. If a lunar year has passed, and the debtor is insolvent and unable to pay, or if he is delaying payment, then zakah is not obligatory on it until you receive it from him; because you do not know whether it will be returned to you or not. However, if the debtor is wealthy, rich, and willing to pay the money when asked, then you pay zakah on it every year that passes while it is in the debtor's liability, because it is your property. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: Shaykh, if I lent one of my colleagues ten thousand riyals, and a lunar year has passed, and the amount is still with him and he has not returned it to me, do I have to pay zakah on it?
Answer:
Yes, this is your money, and it is in the debtor's liability. If a lunar year has passed, and the debtor is insolvent and unable to pay, or if he is delaying payment, then zakah is not obligatory on it until you receive it from him; because you do not know whether it will be returned to you or not. However, if the debtor is wealthy, rich, and willing to pay the money when asked, then you pay zakah on it every year that passes while it is in the debtor's liability, because it is your property. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/232 — archive.org (5:33)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.