Rule: If a person pays an obligation that is incumbent upon him with zakah, this is not permissible.

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The Shaykh : The rule is: If a person pays an obligation that is incumbent upon him with zakah, is this permissible or not? It is not permissible. But if he is not paying an obligation that is incumbent upon him, then whoever is entitled to zakah by one of these eight descriptions is given from it.

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