When is it permissible to pay out the value in wealth subject to zakah?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, ... .
The Shaykh : The correct way to phrase it is: "Is it permissible to pay out the value?"
The questioner : I intended to broaden the scope.
The Shaykh : Because if you say "when is it permissible," it implies that you are accepting the permissibility of paying out the value. Most scholars hold that it is not permissible to pay out the value except in what the Shari'ah has explicitly specified regarding the compensation that we discussed concerning camels. There is no compensation except in camels, namely two sheep or twenty dirhams, and in anything else it is not permissible to pay out the value. However, the correct view is that it is permissible to pay out the value if there is a stronger benefit or a need, whether in livestock, grains, fruits, the two currencies, or trade goods.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. This is the principle, and for this reason we said that it is not permissible to pay out the value except for a need or a benefit. Yes.
The Shaykh : The correct way to phrase it is: "Is it permissible to pay out the value?"
The questioner : I intended to broaden the scope.
The Shaykh : Because if you say "when is it permissible," it implies that you are accepting the permissibility of paying out the value. Most scholars hold that it is not permissible to pay out the value except in what the Shari'ah has explicitly specified regarding the compensation that we discussed concerning camels. There is no compensation except in camels, namely two sheep or twenty dirhams, and in anything else it is not permissible to pay out the value. However, the correct view is that it is permissible to pay out the value if there is a stronger benefit or a need, whether in livestock, grains, fruits, the two currencies, or trade goods.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct. This is the principle, and for this reason we said that it is not permissible to pay out the value except for a need or a benefit. Yes.