A word from the Shaykh on the conditions for the obligation of zakah
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The Shaykh : Now, may we also recall what happens in this blessed month regarding the payment of zakah, since most people pay their zakah in Ramadan? May we recall what the conditions for the obligation of zakah are? Yes.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The completion of the lunar year, the completion of the lunar year on the wealth, except in some exempted cases, yes?
The student: Possession of the nisab.
The Shaykh : Possession of the nisab, rest, yes, what else?
The student: Complete ownership.
The Shaykh : Complete ownership, yes?
The student: Islam.
The Shaykh : Islam, yes?
The student: Sanity.
The Shaykh : Sanity, is sanity a condition for the obligation of zakah? There is actually a difference of opinion on this; there are two views among the scholars, and the correct view is that it is not a condition, and that zakah is obligatory on the wealth of a person of unsound mind. Yes?
The student: Freedom.
The Shaykh : Freedom.
The student: Zakah is not obligatory on a slave.
The Shaykh : Complete, is reaching puberty a condition or not?
The student: Not a condition.
The Shaykh : Add it to sanity, because there is a difference of opinion on that as well. Some scholars say that zakah is not obligatory on the wealth of a minor, and the correct view is that reaching puberty and sanity are not conditions for the obligation of zakah. The most important thing is the completion of the nisab.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : The completion of the lunar year, the completion of the lunar year on the wealth, except in some exempted cases, yes?
The student: Possession of the nisab.
The Shaykh : Possession of the nisab, rest, yes, what else?
The student: Complete ownership.
The Shaykh : Complete ownership, yes?
The student: Islam.
The Shaykh : Islam, yes?
The student: Sanity.
The Shaykh : Sanity, is sanity a condition for the obligation of zakah? There is actually a difference of opinion on this; there are two views among the scholars, and the correct view is that it is not a condition, and that zakah is obligatory on the wealth of a person of unsound mind. Yes?
The student: Freedom.
The Shaykh : Freedom.
The student: Zakah is not obligatory on a slave.
The Shaykh : Complete, is reaching puberty a condition or not?
The student: Not a condition.
The Shaykh : Add it to sanity, because there is a difference of opinion on that as well. Some scholars say that zakah is not obligatory on the wealth of a minor, and the correct view is that reaching puberty and sanity are not conditions for the obligation of zakah. The most important thing is the completion of the nisab.