The permissibility of paying zakah on behalf of another person with their consent
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The questioner:
She asks: Is it permissible for my husband to pay my zakah from his own money? Please note that he is the one who gave me the money for which I want to pay zakah.
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible for someone other than the person on whom zakah is obligatory to pay it. It is permissible for someone other than the person on whom it is obligatory to pay it, but his consent is required because zakah is an act of worship that requires intention. If he gives him permission to pay it on his behalf, that is permissible, and praise be to Allah, because this falls under the category of representation. Financial acts of worship admit of representation. Yes.
The questioner:
Perhaps she means here, O Shaykh, that he pays from his own money as zakah on her behalf, on her money?
The Shaykh:
And that is the intended meaning, and that is the intended meaning, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
She asks: Is it permissible for my husband to pay my zakah from his own money? Please note that he is the one who gave me the money for which I want to pay zakah.
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible for someone other than the person on whom zakah is obligatory to pay it. It is permissible for someone other than the person on whom it is obligatory to pay it, but his consent is required because zakah is an act of worship that requires intention. If he gives him permission to pay it on his behalf, that is permissible, and praise be to Allah, because this falls under the category of representation. Financial acts of worship admit of representation. Yes.
The questioner:
Perhaps she means here, O Shaykh, that he pays from his own money as zakah on her behalf, on her money?
The Shaykh:
And that is the intended meaning, and that is the intended meaning, yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 13 من 27|أحكام المرأة في الصيام|الحمل وأثره في الصيام|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (8:47)
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