Is it obligatory for a debtor to pay zakah?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
If a person has wealth, a lunar year has passed over it, and he has a debt that consumes this wealth, is zakah obligatory on him?
Answer:
Yes, zakah is obligatory on him, and Allah will settle the debt for him. If the lunar year has passed and he has wealth to pay zakah on, and the debt does not prevent him from doing so—meaning the debt is upon him, and he will pay it, if Allah wills, when it becomes easy—then there is no harm. If he pays off the debt before the lunar year is completed, there is no harm; if he has wealth and pays off the debt before the lunar year is completed, there is no zakah on it. However, after the completion of the lunar year, he pays the zakah, and Allah will settle the debt for him. Yes.
If a person has wealth, a lunar year has passed over it, and he has a debt that consumes this wealth, is zakah obligatory on him?
Answer:
Yes, zakah is obligatory on him, and Allah will settle the debt for him. If the lunar year has passed and he has wealth to pay zakah on, and the debt does not prevent him from doing so—meaning the debt is upon him, and he will pay it, if Allah wills, when it becomes easy—then there is no harm. If he pays off the debt before the lunar year is completed, there is no harm; if he has wealth and pays off the debt before the lunar year is completed, there is no zakah on it. However, after the completion of the lunar year, he pays the zakah, and Allah will settle the debt for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 111 هل يجب على المدين إخراج الزكاة؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.