The wealth of my wife has reached the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah). Is it prescribed that I pay her zakah from my own money, or is it necessary that it be paid from her own wealth?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My wife has a personal account in the bank, and when the hawl (lunar year of possession) has passed, I pay her zakah from my own money. Is this permissible, or is it necessary that the zakah be paid from her own wealth?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible. However, you must inform her so that she intends it. She should consider you her agent (wakil) and intend to pay the zakah. You must inform her for the sake of the intention. This is not acceptable if it contradicts that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My wife has a personal account in the bank, and when the hawl (lunar year of possession) has passed, I pay her zakah from my own money. Is this permissible, or is it necessary that the zakah be paid from her own wealth?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible. However, you must inform her so that she intends it. She should consider you her agent (wakil) and intend to pay the zakah. You must inform her for the sake of the intention. This is not acceptable if it contradicts that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1073 -3022] بلغ مال زوجتي النصاب فهل يشرع أن أخرج الزكاة عنها من مالي الخاص أم لا بد من المال نفسه؟ — youtube.com
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