Paying the zakah of wealth on behalf of another person
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Question:
Another question also asks about zakah. Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person to pay the zakah of my wealth on my behalf? In other words, I have a very wealthy friend, and I owe zakah on my wealth. He said to me, “Take it easy; I will pay from my wealth the zakah that is due on yours.”
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that if you appoint him to pay the zakah on your behalf, and he pays it from your money or from his own money; there is nothing wrong with that, because this act admits of representation. Yes.
Another question also asks about zakah. Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person to pay the zakah of my wealth on my behalf? In other words, I have a very wealthy friend, and I owe zakah on my wealth. He said to me, “Take it easy; I will pay from my wealth the zakah that is due on yours.”
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that if you appoint him to pay the zakah on your behalf, and he pays it from your money or from his own money; there is nothing wrong with that, because this act admits of representation. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/144 — archive.org (7:54)
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