What does a person do when he pays his zakah and finds no one to accept it in the last of time, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned?
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The reader: The questioner asks, what does a person do when he pays the zakah of his wealth and finds no one to accept it in the last of time, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned?
The Shaykh : Yes, if this happens, then either the zakah is dropped from him in this state, just as if his hand were cut off, the washing of it in wudu' would be dropped from him due to the loss of the place, or it is said that he should spend it in other public benefits, such as building mosques, repairing roads, building caravanserais, building houses for people, and the like. Yes.
The reader: May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes, if this happens, then either the zakah is dropped from him in this state, just as if his hand were cut off, the washing of it in wudu' would be dropped from him due to the loss of the place, or it is said that he should spend it in other public benefits, such as building mosques, repairing roads, building caravanserais, building houses for people, and the like. Yes.
The reader: May Allah reward you.