The ruling on one who eats from the zakah of wealth while he is below the age of accountability
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Question:
A message was sent from Al-Jubayl in the Eastern Region by a listener who indicated his name with the letters (A. A. A). He says: When I was thirteen years old, and at the end of that year, my mother wanted to give the zakah of the gold she owned. She took that amount for me to give in charity. I took that amount, and I was in dire need of that money. After two years passed, I said to myself: Is this money forbidden, knowing that my mother has not known until now? How should I act now? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You must compensate for it and give it to some of the poor with the intention of zakah; because your mother appointed you to do that. So you must compensate for the money you disposed of, and give it to some of the poor with the intention of zakah on behalf of your mother, or you inform her and she does that. She performs the zakah for what has passed. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. So it is a debt in his liability, even though he was thirteen years old?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is a debt in his liability, a debt in his liability.
The presenter : The age of accountability has no effect here?
The Shaykh : No, it has no effect; because if he destroyed something, he would compensate for it.
The presenter : May Allah bless you, may Allah reward you with good.
A message was sent from Al-Jubayl in the Eastern Region by a listener who indicated his name with the letters (A. A. A). He says: When I was thirteen years old, and at the end of that year, my mother wanted to give the zakah of the gold she owned. She took that amount for me to give in charity. I took that amount, and I was in dire need of that money. After two years passed, I said to myself: Is this money forbidden, knowing that my mother has not known until now? How should I act now? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You must compensate for it and give it to some of the poor with the intention of zakah; because your mother appointed you to do that. So you must compensate for the money you disposed of, and give it to some of the poor with the intention of zakah on behalf of your mother, or you inform her and she does that. She performs the zakah for what has passed. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. So it is a debt in his liability, even though he was thirteen years old?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is a debt in his liability, a debt in his liability.
The presenter : The age of accountability has no effect here?
The Shaykh : No, it has no effect; because if he destroyed something, he would compensate for it.
The presenter : May Allah bless you, may Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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