Delaying the payment of zakah after it becomes due without an excuse
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If zakah becomes due on a man, is it permissible for him to delay paying it without an excuse for one or two years?
Answer:
Paying zakah immediately is required; it is not permissible to delay paying it except for a valid religious excuse.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If zakah becomes due on a man, is it permissible for him to delay paying it without an excuse for one or two years?
Answer:
Paying zakah immediately is required; it is not permissible to delay paying it except for a valid religious excuse.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل وإذا تدبرت الشريعة وجدتها قد أتت بسد الذرائع إلى المحرمات — islamhouse.com (1:13:17)
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