Is the one who withholds zakah punished before he is reckoned?
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Question:
Is the one who withholds zakah punished before he is reckoned?
Answer:
He is punished before the Fire, with the punishment of the Day of Resurrection. We ask Allah for well-being.
Q: Does the one who does not pay his full zakah deserve the same punishment?
The Shaykh: He receives his share according to the extent of his stinginess, according to the extent of what he withheld.
Q: Some people pay the zakah of the previous and following Ramadan.
The Shaykh: If he hastens to pay that which has not yet become due.
Q: But he delays it.
The Shaykh: It is not permissible for him to delay it. It is obligatory for him to pay it out when it becomes due; he does not delay it.
Q: He says, "This is my custom"?
The Shaykh: Even if it is his custom, a bad custom is abandoned.
Is the one who withholds zakah punished before he is reckoned?
Answer:
He is punished before the Fire, with the punishment of the Day of Resurrection. We ask Allah for well-being.
Q: Does the one who does not pay his full zakah deserve the same punishment?
The Shaykh: He receives his share according to the extent of his stinginess, according to the extent of what he withheld.
Q: Some people pay the zakah of the previous and following Ramadan.
The Shaykh: If he hastens to pay that which has not yet become due.
Q: But he delays it.
The Shaykh: It is not permissible for him to delay it. It is obligatory for him to pay it out when it becomes due; he does not delay it.
Q: He says, "This is my custom"?
The Shaykh: Even if it is his custom, a bad custom is abandoned.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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