The zakah of wealth that is mostly forbidden or entirely so
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh. If the majority of a person's wealth is forbidden, and it reaches the nisab, and a lunar year has passed over it, is there zakah on it? And what is the ruling if all of the wealth is forbidden?
Answer:
This is invalid and cannot be owned. Zakah is only obligatory in what is owned, and this is not owned by anyone. This is invalid. The ruling is that if its owner repents, he repents to Allah and does not use it. Rather, he disposes of it and places it in a public project, like lost wealth that has no owner. He places it in a public project from which people benefit, and he does not use it after repenting. He does not use the forbidden, nor does he own it, and zakah is not obligatory on it because it has no owner. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Honorable Shaykh. If the majority of a person's wealth is forbidden, and it reaches the nisab, and a lunar year has passed over it, is there zakah on it? And what is the ruling if all of the wealth is forbidden?
Answer:
This is invalid and cannot be owned. Zakah is only obligatory in what is owned, and this is not owned by anyone. This is invalid. The ruling is that if its owner repents, he repents to Allah and does not use it. Rather, he disposes of it and places it in a public project, like lost wealth that has no owner. He places it in a public project from which people benefit, and he does not use it after repenting. He does not use the forbidden, nor does he own it, and zakah is not obligatory on it because it has no owner. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وكذاك إن قلنا يُرى سبحانه — islamhouse.com (1:22:08)
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