Ruling on Giving Zakah to One Who Has Usurious Debts
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Question:
Is it permissible to give from the funds of zakah to a person who has recently entered Islam, if he has usurious debts that accumulated upon him while he was a disbeliever?
Answer:
He is given from the zakah; because he is a debtor, he is given from the zakah as long as he has embraced Islam; because he is a poor debtor, and he is given from the zakah to pay off his debt, without any condition.
Is it permissible to give from the funds of zakah to a person who has recently entered Islam, if he has usurious debts that accumulated upon him while he was a disbeliever?
Answer:
He is given from the zakah; because he is a debtor, he is given from the zakah as long as he has embraced Islam; because he is a poor debtor, and he is given from the zakah to pay off his debt, without any condition.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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