Q: Will zakaat be valid by offsetting the debt with the intention of zakaat?

This entry is part 31 of 37 in the series Zakaat Masaail

A: The zakaat will not be valid by merely offsetting the debt with the intention of Zakaat. However, if a person gives the debtor the money as zakaat and thereafter takes it back as a payment of his debt, Zakaat will be discharged.

واعلم أن أداء الدين عن الدين والعين عن العين وعن الدين يجوز وأداء الدين عن العين وعن دين سيقبض لا يجوز وحيلة الجواز أن يعطي مديونه الفقير زكاته ثم يأخذها عن دينه ولو امتنع المديون مد يده وأخذها لكونه ظفر بجنس حقه فإن مانعه رفعه للقاضي (شامي 2/271)

Answered by:

Mufti Zakaria Makada

Checked & Approved:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

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