If one leaves behind zakah out of stinginess and then dies, is it preferable for his sons to pay it on his behalf?
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The questioner : ... that he should pay zakah once or multiple times, whether his sons... and he had a debt, and his sons... their father's debt... whether... that he had wealth... they should pay the zakah on behalf of their father... .
The Shaykh : We said that the zakah would not benefit him if they paid it from his wealth, if he had wealth and they paid it from his wealth, it would not benefit him in the sight of Allah. He would be considered one who withheld zakah and would be punished with the punishment of one who withholds zakah. That is, he would be branded with it in the Fire of Hell on the Day of Resurrection, and his forehead, his side, and his back would be branded with it.
The Shaykh : We said that the zakah would not benefit him if they paid it from his wealth, if he had wealth and they paid it from his wealth, it would not benefit him in the sight of Allah. He would be considered one who withheld zakah and would be punished with the punishment of one who withholds zakah. That is, he would be branded with it in the Fire of Hell on the Day of Resurrection, and his forehead, his side, and his back would be branded with it.