Is it permissible for the husband to advance the deferred mahr, and is the wife required to pay zakah on it?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. A man says he has a deferred mahr of twenty thousand riyals, which becomes due upon the earliest of two events: death or divorce. He asks, Shaykh, is it permissible for him to advance this to the woman so that he is free from the debt? And is the woman required to pay zakah on this money if it is in cash?
Answer:
Yes, the woman is required to pay zakah on her mahr if it is a debt in her husband’s possession, because it is a debt in his possession. And if the mahr is deferred, the husband may advance it and pay it to her immediately; there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
May Allah reward you. A man says he has a deferred mahr of twenty thousand riyals, which becomes due upon the earliest of two events: death or divorce. He asks, Shaykh, is it permissible for him to advance this to the woman so that he is free from the debt? And is the woman required to pay zakah on this money if it is in cash?
Answer:
Yes, the woman is required to pay zakah on her mahr if it is a debt in her husband’s possession, because it is a debt in his possession. And if the mahr is deferred, the husband may advance it and pay it to her immediately; there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6750- هل يجوز للزوج تعجيل الصداق المؤخر وهل على الزوجة زكاته ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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