Ruling on Delaying the Zakat of Trade Goods
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السؤال:
The following message was received by the program from North Yemen, Sana'a, and the sender is a brother of ours from there. He says: Abdullah Muhammad Hasalah. He has a number of issues. In his first issue, he says:
I have a shop for selling car parts, but I do not have cash to pay the zakat on it at the present time, since I have not sold anything; rather, it is merchandise on display. So, should I pay the zakat on it when I have money, even if it is after Ramadan? Please inform us, and may you be rewarded.
Answer:
Yes, when you are able, you pay the zakat, even if it is after the lunar year has passed. If the lunar year has completed and you have cash, you pay the zakat from it in Ramadan or at any other time. Once the lunar year has completed, it is obligatory for you to pay the zakat. If you are financially unable and you have nothing but trade goods, there is no harm in waiting until it becomes easy to sell some of the trade goods, and then you pay the zakat. This is because Allah says: [Surat al-Baqarah: 280].
And if you pay the zakat from the trade goods to some of the poor, that is valid according to the most correct opinion of the scholars. For example, you give clothing, blankets, or the like, at the prevailing market price, to some of the poor with the intention of zakat. That is valid according to the most correct opinion of the scholars, because zakat is a means of support, and you have provided support from what you have. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The following message was received by the program from North Yemen, Sana'a, and the sender is a brother of ours from there. He says: Abdullah Muhammad Hasalah. He has a number of issues. In his first issue, he says:
I have a shop for selling car parts, but I do not have cash to pay the zakat on it at the present time, since I have not sold anything; rather, it is merchandise on display. So, should I pay the zakat on it when I have money, even if it is after Ramadan? Please inform us, and may you be rewarded.
Answer:
Yes, when you are able, you pay the zakat, even if it is after the lunar year has passed. If the lunar year has completed and you have cash, you pay the zakat from it in Ramadan or at any other time. Once the lunar year has completed, it is obligatory for you to pay the zakat. If you are financially unable and you have nothing but trade goods, there is no harm in waiting until it becomes easy to sell some of the trade goods, and then you pay the zakat. This is because Allah says:
And if someone is in hardship, then [let there be] postponement until [a time of] ease
وَإِنْ كَانَ ذُو عُسْرَةٍ فَنَظِرَةٌ إِلَى مَيْسَرَةٍAnd if you pay the zakat from the trade goods to some of the poor, that is valid according to the most correct opinion of the scholars. For example, you give clothing, blankets, or the like, at the prevailing market price, to some of the poor with the intention of zakat. That is valid according to the most correct opinion of the scholars, because zakat is a means of support, and you have provided support from what you have. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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