Is the zakah on money saved for marriage obligatory?
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Question:
A man is saving an amount of money that has reached the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) for zakah, but he is not married and wants to marry with this money. A man is saving an amount of money that has reached the nisab, but he wants to marry with this amount, and two years have passed.
Answer:
He pays the zakah and gets married, and the zakah increases his wealth. If a person gathers money to get married, to pay off his debt, or to build a house for his residence, and a lunar year passes over it, he pays the zakah. He pays the zakah and gets married. This zakah increases his wealth with blessings. What you pay as zakah is nothing but blessing. Take the wealth and the prayer
A man is saving an amount of money that has reached the nisab (minimum threshold for zakah) for zakah, but he is not married and wants to marry with this money. A man is saving an amount of money that has reached the nisab, but he wants to marry with this amount, and two years have passed.
Answer:
He pays the zakah and gets married, and the zakah increases his wealth. If a person gathers money to get married, to pay off his debt, or to build a house for his residence, and a lunar year passes over it, he pays the zakah. He pays the zakah and gets married. This zakah increases his wealth with blessings. What you pay as zakah is nothing but blessing. Take the wealth and the prayer
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 026 هل تجب زكاة المال المدخر للزواج؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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