Is it permissible to impose a financial penalty on one who withholds zakah?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) , is it permissible for us to impose a financial penalty on someone other than one who withholds zakah?

Answer:
The one who imposes a financial penalty is the one in authority. Other than the one in authority, no one imposes a penalty, neither financially nor otherwise. This is the exclusive domain of the one in authority. There is scholarly disagreement regarding the financial penalty (ta'zir), and the school of thought holds that it is not permissible. In the hadith , but this is a matter for the one in authority. Yes.