Zakah on money collected for a deferred purpose
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. The questioner says: A group of colleagues collected a sum of money amounting to twenty thousand riyals for the purpose of a farewell gathering for one of our colleagues who has rendered distinguished service to us in our work and is of good character. He requested that the gathering be postponed to another time. A year has now passed over this money. Is there zakah on it, O Shaykh?
Answer:
Yes, there is zakah on it; because a year has passed over it, it is set aside, and it has owners, so zakah is obligatory on it; because it has not been spent. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. The questioner says: A group of colleagues collected a sum of money amounting to twenty thousand riyals for the purpose of a farewell gathering for one of our colleagues who has rendered distinguished service to us in our work and is of good character. He requested that the gathering be postponed to another time. A year has now passed over this money. Is there zakah on it, O Shaykh?
Answer:
Yes, there is zakah on it; because a year has passed over it, it is set aside, and it has owners, so zakah is obligatory on it; because it has not been spent. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/105 — archive.org (10:08)
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