The zakah on the wages of a domestic worker kept by the head of the household
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a domestic worker, and she asked me to keep her wages until she travels. So I put each monthly wage in a separate envelope. His question is: Is it obligatory for the worker to pay zakah on this money, or is it obligatory for me, since I have not yet handed it over to her?
Answer:
It is obligatory for her to pay it, as long as you have not handed it over to her, it is yours. As long as you have not handed it over, it has not entered her ownership and remains in your ownership, so you pay zakah on it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a domestic worker, and she asked me to keep her wages until she travels. So I put each monthly wage in a separate envelope. His question is: Is it obligatory for the worker to pay zakah on this money, or is it obligatory for me, since I have not yet handed it over to her?
Answer:
It is obligatory for her to pay it, as long as you have not handed it over to her, it is yours. As long as you have not handed it over, it has not entered her ownership and remains in your ownership, so you pay zakah on it. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من كتاب الزكاة : باب الحث عليها والتشديد في منعها — islamhouse.com (59:12)
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