Is zakah obligatory on money saved for marriage?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. We move on to the letter from the questioner Abu 'Abdullah. He says: Honorable Shaykh, I have a sum of money in my bank account, and I am a young man who has not yet married. I am saving this money to marry with, meaning it is for the mahr. Is zakah due on it?
Answer:
Yes, if a lunar year has passed over the money, then zakah is obligatory on it, even if he has saved it for a pressing need such as marriage or something else, or to pay off debts or otherwise. He must pay zakah on it when a lunar year has passed over it and it reaches the nisab. Yes.
May Allah reward you. We move on to the letter from the questioner Abu 'Abdullah. He says: Honorable Shaykh, I have a sum of money in my bank account, and I am a young man who has not yet married. I am saving this money to marry with, meaning it is for the mahr. Is zakah due on it?
Answer:
Yes, if a lunar year has passed over the money, then zakah is obligatory on it, even if he has saved it for a pressing need such as marriage or something else, or to pay off debts or otherwise. He must pay zakah on it when a lunar year has passed over it and it reaches the nisab. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6464- هل تجب الزكاة في المال الذي يجمع للزواج؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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