Zakah on a debt owed by a person in financial difficulty and a person with means
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: I lent a colleague a sum of money five years ago, and he has not repaid this amount due to his circumstances and financial difficulty. Do I pay zakah on it, or is it he who pays the zakah?
Answer:
If he is in financial difficulty and you do not know whether he will be able to pay it back or not, do not pay zakah on it until you receive it. Do not pay zakah on it for just one year. However, if he has the means, you must pay its zakah every year. The zakah is your responsibility because the money is yours, held in his liability. It is yours, held in his liability. You pay zakah on your money. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: I lent a colleague a sum of money five years ago, and he has not repaid this amount due to his circumstances and financial difficulty. Do I pay zakah on it, or is it he who pays the zakah?
Answer:
If he is in financial difficulty and you do not know whether he will be able to pay it back or not, do not pay zakah on it until you receive it. Do not pay zakah on it for just one year. However, if he has the means, you must pay its zakah every year. The zakah is your responsibility because the money is yours, held in his liability. It is yours, held in his liability. You pay zakah on your money. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/042 — archive.org (6:13)
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