Is zakah obligatory in an estate when it is distributed?
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The questioner : Regarding the zakat that has been paid.
The Shaykh : Regarding what?
The questioner : The zakat.
The Shaykh : The zakat.
The questioner : The father passed away, and he had a lot of wealth with him. We distributed the zakat among the heirs.
Another questioner : The estate.
The questioner : Ah, the estate. Is it permissible for the heir to pay zakat on the estate he received before a year has passed?
The Shaykh : Meaning, he pays zakat on his share that he received?
The questioner : Everything he received.
The Shaykh : When you say "is it permissible," I think you mean "is it obligatory"?
The questioner : Is it obligatory? Yes, it is.
The Shaykh : And zakah is not obligatory on any wealth except with two conditions. The first condition is that it reaches the nisab. The nisab, by Shari'ah, is twenty gold dinars. The twenty gold dinars are equivalent today to ten English gold sovereigns. These ten English sovereigns are equivalent today to approximately four hundred Jordanian dinars.
The questioner : This is an approximate calculation.
The Shaykh : So, if this heir inherited four hundred dinars, that is the first condition, and a lunar year has passed over it—which is the second condition—then zakah becomes obligatory. If one of the conditions is not met, zakah is not obligatory.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware. But here is something: if we stick to the wording of the question, "Is it permissible for him?" I answer: It is permissible for him. But that is not what was intended byThe questioner : ; therefore, we understood his intent from his wording, and the wording does not convey his intent. Then we went back and based a second ruling on his wording: that it is permissible for one who inherits wealth that reaches the nisab to hasten in doing good and pay the two and a half percent as soon as he possesses it.
The questioner : And this is the question itself.
The Shaykh : But I was cautious; I said to him: "Perhaps you mean 'is it obligatory'?" He said: "Yes." So it means we do not distinguish between "obligatory" and "permissible."
The Shaykh : Regarding what?
The questioner : The zakat.
The Shaykh : The zakat.
The questioner : The father passed away, and he had a lot of wealth with him. We distributed the zakat among the heirs.
Another questioner : The estate.
The questioner : Ah, the estate. Is it permissible for the heir to pay zakat on the estate he received before a year has passed?
The Shaykh : Meaning, he pays zakat on his share that he received?
The questioner : Everything he received.
The Shaykh : When you say "is it permissible," I think you mean "is it obligatory"?
The questioner : Is it obligatory? Yes, it is.
The Shaykh : And zakah is not obligatory on any wealth except with two conditions. The first condition is that it reaches the nisab. The nisab, by Shari'ah, is twenty gold dinars. The twenty gold dinars are equivalent today to ten English gold sovereigns. These ten English sovereigns are equivalent today to approximately four hundred Jordanian dinars.
The questioner : This is an approximate calculation.
The Shaykh : So, if this heir inherited four hundred dinars, that is the first condition, and a lunar year has passed over it—which is the second condition—then zakah becomes obligatory. If one of the conditions is not met, zakah is not obligatory.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware. But here is something: if we stick to the wording of the question, "Is it permissible for him?" I answer: It is permissible for him. But that is not what was intended byThe questioner : ; therefore, we understood his intent from his wording, and the wording does not convey his intent. Then we went back and based a second ruling on his wording: that it is permissible for one who inherits wealth that reaches the nisab to hasten in doing good and pay the two and a half percent as soon as he possesses it.
The questioner : And this is the question itself.
The Shaykh : But I was cautious; I said to him: "Perhaps you mean 'is it obligatory'?" He said: "Yes." So it means we do not distinguish between "obligatory" and "permissible."
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