Zakah on the money accumulated to pay off the Real Estate Fund debt
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Question:
A woman says: I am in debt to the Real Estate Development Fund, and I have collected fifty thousand riyals. I intend to collect the entire amount and then pay it to the Fund in one lump sum. A lunar year has passed over these fifty thousand riyals. Is there zakah on it?
Answer:
Yes, there is zakah on it, as long as the servant has not paid it off. If a person collects money to pay off a debt, or to perform Hajj, or to buy a property, and a lunar year passes over it, he pays zakah before he spends it. If he collects money to buy a property, a house or otherwise, or to perform Hajj, or to get married, or to pay off a debt, he pays the zakah if a lunar year passes over it before he spends it in those purposes. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
A woman says: I am in debt to the Real Estate Development Fund, and I have collected fifty thousand riyals. I intend to collect the entire amount and then pay it to the Fund in one lump sum. A lunar year has passed over these fifty thousand riyals. Is there zakah on it?
Answer:
Yes, there is zakah on it, as long as the servant has not paid it off. If a person collects money to pay off a debt, or to perform Hajj, or to buy a property, and a lunar year passes over it, he pays zakah before he spends it. If he collects money to buy a property, a house or otherwise, or to perform Hajj, or to get married, or to pay off a debt, he pays the zakah if a lunar year passes over it before he spends it in those purposes. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
أحكام الحج — islamhouse.com (1:03:33)
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