The Ruling on the Zakah of a Debt Owed by a Wealthy Person or One Who Is Negligent
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The questioner:
He pays zakah on its value, whether it is stagnant or not, according to its value. As for if there is no lunar year (hawl) when the debt upon him reaches the threshold for zakah, this means it is stock for sale, yes. There is no zakah. He starts a new lunar year, yes.Muwatta Malik 17:21 or Muwatta Malik 17:21 If he receives a debt in which zakah is obligatory, he pays zakah on it along with what he received of his debt.
The Shaykh:
That is, he adds it to what he has, and this is correct if the debtor is unable to pay. However, if the debt is owed by a solvent person who is willing to pay, it is obligatory to pay zakah on it, because the one who leaves it is like the one who holds a trust. But if the debtor is solvent yet a delayer who does not pay, or if he is unable to pay, then there is no zakah on it, as he said. And as for the debt owed by a solvent person who is willing to pay, it is like the contents of a box. Yes.
The questioner:
You pay zakah on it for one year, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh:
Every year, every year.
The questioner:
No, after he receives it, after.
The questioner:
What he receives from this group.
The Shaykh:
It is taken in a new year, and some said it was not purified for even one year. If it is purified for one year, there is no harm; otherwise, it is not obligatory on him; he takes it in a separate year. Yes.Muwatta Malik 17:21. This is not absolute; there is a distinction in it. It depends on the one who pays zakah, and even if it is with a group, there is no zakah on what they have; there is a distinction in it. The correct view is that there is a distinction. Yes. Whoever makes a statement needs evidence, so say, "Bring your proof." Yes. If it is not on her, she owes nothing. Yes. If the year has not completed before the full lunar year, there is no zakah in it, or a car she intended to sell when five months or four months have passed, the year has not
He pays zakah on its value, whether it is stagnant or not, according to its value. As for if there is no lunar year (hawl) when the debt upon him reaches the threshold for zakah, this means it is stock for sale, yes. There is no zakah. He starts a new lunar year, yes.
whether zakat was due from a man who had wealth in hand but also owed a debt for the same amount, and he replied, "No." Malik said, "The position that we are agreed upon concerning a debt is that the lender of it does not pay zakat on it until he gets it back. Even if it
له مال وعليه دين مثله، أعليه زكاة؟ فقال لا. قال مالك الأمر الذي لا اختلاف فيه عندنا في الدين أن صاحبه لا يزكيه حتى يقبضه، وإن أقامEven if it stays with the borrower for a number of years before the lender collects it, the lender only has to pay zakat on it once. If he collects an amount of the debt which is not zakatable, and has other
سنين ذوات عدد، ثم قبضه صاحبه لم تجب عليه إلا زكاة واحدة، فإن قبض منه شيئا لا تجب فيه الزكاة، فإنه إن كان له مال سوى الذيThe Shaykh:
That is, he adds it to what he has, and this is correct if the debtor is unable to pay. However, if the debt is owed by a solvent person who is willing to pay, it is obligatory to pay zakah on it, because the one who leaves it is like the one who holds a trust. But if the debtor is solvent yet a delayer who does not pay, or if he is unable to pay, then there is no zakah on it, as he said. And as for the debt owed by a solvent person who is willing to pay, it is like the contents of a box. Yes.
The questioner:
You pay zakah on it for one year, may Allah bless you.
The Shaykh:
Every year, every year.
The questioner:
No, after he receives it, after.
The questioner:
What he receives from this group.
The Shaykh:
It is taken in a new year, and some said it was not purified for even one year. If it is purified for one year, there is no harm; otherwise, it is not obligatory on him; he takes it in a separate year. Yes.
that he had asked Sulayman ibn Yasar whether zakat was due from a man who had wealth in hand but also owed a debt for the same amount, and he replied, "No."
أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَهُ مَالٌ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ مِثْلُهُ أَعَلَيْهِ زَكَاةٌ فَقَالَ لاَ
Source
أجزاء من موطأ مالك، باب زكاة أموال اليتامى والتجارة لهم فيها — islamhouse.com (11:19)
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