On whom is zakah obligatory on a debt owed by a person in financial difficulty?
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The questioner : and forty thousand riyals deferred. He was a student, and after three years, the student bought a car on installment after getting a job, and gave it to the first man to settle his right. He asks about its zakah. Did he give the money for the second car?
The Shaykh : The first car, meaning to take possession of it? Okay, who is the zakah due from? If a person has a claim in the possession of an insolvent person, he owes no zakah unless he receives it, in which case he pays zakah on it only once.
The Shaykh : The first car, meaning to take possession of it? Okay, who is the zakah due from? If a person has a claim in the possession of an insolvent person, he owes no zakah unless he receives it, in which case he pays zakah on it only once.
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الفتاوى الثلاثية (1) - 1 — binothaimeen.net (50:32)
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