I took a sum of money amounting to seven thousand riyals before Allah guided me, and that was a while ago. I am now working, praise be to Allah, on a salary of one thousand...

The questioner : I took a sum of money amounting to seven thousand riyals before Allah guided me, and that was a while ago. I am now working, praise be to Allah, on a salary of one thousand and two hundred riyals, and I am unable to pay off that amount. I want to go out for jihad, but a hadith stopped me: . What should I do?

The Shaykh : Yes. We say: Paying off a debt is obligatory. It is obligatory immediately. If the questioner’s situation is as he described, there is no harm in having this debt paid off on his behalf from zakah, because he would be among those in debt. Yes.