A man has a trust for another person, and a lunar year has passed over it; on whom is the zakah obligatory?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man has a trust for another man, and a lunar year has passed over it. His question is: On whom is the zakah obligatory? Is it obligatory on
Answer:
it? The zakah is obligatory on the owner, the one who owns it, unless he has appointed him to pay the zakah on its behalf. If he has appointed him to pay the zakah on its behalf, then that is the case; but if he has not appointed him, the zakah is obligatory on its owner, and he is merely a guarantor for this.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man has a trust for another man, and a lunar year has passed over it. His question is: On whom is the zakah obligatory? Is it obligatory on
Answer:
it? The zakah is obligatory on the owner, the one who owns it, unless he has appointed him to pay the zakah on its behalf. If he has appointed him to pay the zakah on its behalf, then that is the case; but if he has not appointed him, the zakah is obligatory on its owner, and he is merely a guarantor for this.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4024- 4717] رجل عنده أمانة لشخص وحال عليها الحول فعلى من تجب الزكاة ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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