The Obligation of Distributing Zakah to the One Entrusted with It
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Q4: If a man gave me a sum of money to distribute among
the poor, and a full year passed without the entire amount being distributed, is this forbidden? And is it supposed that the zakah must be distributed before the completion of the lunar year? Knowing that the reason this money was not distributed was the absence of those entitled to receive it.
A4: It is obligatory for the one entrusted with distributing zakah money in its lawful channels to hasten to give it to those entitled to it as much as possible, even if this requires transferring it to the entitled recipients in another country.
the poor, and a full year passed without the entire amount being distributed, is this forbidden? And is it supposed that the zakah must be distributed before the completion of the lunar year? Knowing that the reason this money was not distributed was the absence of those entitled to receive it.
A4: It is obligatory for the one entrusted with distributing zakah money in its lawful channels to hasten to give it to those entitled to it as much as possible, even if this requires transferring it to the entitled recipients in another country.
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