A man who owes a debt of five thousand took five thousand from zakah and paid off half of it; may he perform Hajj with the remainder?
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The questioner : A man owes a debt of five thousand riyals and took five thousand from zakah, paid off three thousand, and performed Hajj with two thousand?
The Shaykh : The question, my brothers, is that a man owes a debt of five thousand and took five thousand from zakah to pay off the debt, so he paid off three thousand and performed Hajj with two thousand. What do you say? This is not permissible. The scholars said, "Whoever takes from zakah to pay off a debt, he must not spend it on anything else". Do you understand? If he spends it on something else, he is like one who performed Hajj with forbidden wealth, and one who performs Hajj with forbidden wealth, his Hajj is not valid according to the majority of scholars; his Hajj is not valid.
The questioner : Is he required to return the zakah?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does he go back and demand the return of the zakah?
The Shaykh : Who goes back?
The questioner : This man.
The Shaykh : The one who gave him the zakah?
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : And how would the one who gave him the zakah know?
The questioner : He goes back and says, "I took five thousand from you, and I want to return the place of the two thousand that I spent on Hajj."
The Shaykh : Who is the one saying it?
The questioner : This man who performed Hajj says this.
The Shaykh : The poor man says to whom?
The questioner : He says to the one who gave him the zakah.
The Shaykh : Fine, if he agrees, but the one who gave him the zakah, this poor man who performed Hajj with two thousand, it is obligatory for him to return the two thousand to him.
The Shaykh : The question, my brothers, is that a man owes a debt of five thousand and took five thousand from zakah to pay off the debt, so he paid off three thousand and performed Hajj with two thousand. What do you say? This is not permissible. The scholars said, "Whoever takes from zakah to pay off a debt, he must not spend it on anything else". Do you understand? If he spends it on something else, he is like one who performed Hajj with forbidden wealth, and one who performs Hajj with forbidden wealth, his Hajj is not valid according to the majority of scholars; his Hajj is not valid.
The questioner : Is he required to return the zakah?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Does he go back and demand the return of the zakah?
The Shaykh : Who goes back?
The questioner : This man.
The Shaykh : The one who gave him the zakah?
The questioner : Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh : And how would the one who gave him the zakah know?
The questioner : He goes back and says, "I took five thousand from you, and I want to return the place of the two thousand that I spent on Hajj."
The Shaykh : Who is the one saying it?
The questioner : This man who performed Hajj says this.
The Shaykh : The poor man says to whom?
The questioner : He says to the one who gave him the zakah.
The Shaykh : Fine, if he agrees, but the one who gave him the zakah, this poor man who performed Hajj with two thousand, it is obligatory for him to return the two thousand to him.