The obligatory zakah when the wealth is lost before it is paid
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I had zakah due on me, and I had the amount of the zakah, but I lost it. Does the obligation to pay it remain, even though I do not possess it now?
Answer:
Yes, it remains a debt in your conscience owed to Allah the Exalted. Whenever you are able, you pay it out. Write it down so that you do not forget it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I had zakah due on me, and I had the amount of the zakah, but I lost it. Does the obligation to pay it remain, even though I do not possess it now?
Answer:
Yes, it remains a debt in your conscience owed to Allah the Exalted. Whenever you are able, you pay it out. Write it down so that you do not forget it. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن ذلك الوسواس في انتقاض الطهارة لا يلتفت إليه — islamhouse.com (1:16:40)
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