The Ruling on Zakah for a Debt That Has Reached the Lunar Year and Has Not Been Repaid
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Q: From Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz to the honorable brother A. S. A. (may Allah guide him), Amen. Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. After that:
O lover, your noble letter, dated without a date, has reached you with Allah’s guidance, and I have understood the three questions it contained. Here is the answer to them.
A: Regarding the third question: If you have debts owed to you by some people and a lunar year has passed over them, it is obligatory to pay their zakah after the lunar year has passed, provided that the aforementioned debts are owed by a solvent person. However, if they are owed by an insolvent person, zakah is not obligatory on them. May Allah grant all of you understanding in His religion.
President of the Islamic University
O lover, your noble letter, dated without a date, has reached you with Allah’s guidance, and I have understood the three questions it contained. Here is the answer to them.
A: Regarding the third question: If you have debts owed to you by some people and a lunar year has passed over them, it is obligatory to pay their zakah after the lunar year has passed, provided that the aforementioned debts are owed by a solvent person. However, if they are owed by an insolvent person, zakah is not obligatory on them. May Allah grant all of you understanding in His religion.
President of the Islamic University
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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