The zakah on money held in trust by a person
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man has a trust (amanah) belonging to another man, and a lunar year has passed over it. His question is: On whom is the zakah obligatory?
Answer:
It is obligatory on the owner, the one it belongs to, unless he has appointed someone to pay the zakah on his behalf. If he has appointed someone to pay it on his behalf, then that is the case. But if he has not appointed anyone, the zakah is the responsibility of the owner, and his only duty is to preserve it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man has a trust (amanah) belonging to another man, and a lunar year has passed over it. His question is: On whom is the zakah obligatory?
Answer:
It is obligatory on the owner, the one it belongs to, unless he has appointed someone to pay the zakah on his behalf. If he has appointed someone to pay it on his behalf, then that is the case. But if he has not appointed anyone, the zakah is the responsibility of the owner, and his only duty is to preserve it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 65 — youtube.com (1:01:55)
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