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Fatwa #27827 August 2000Pakistan

Is it true that paper money is created by debt and that zakaat cannot be paid with a debt?

Answer

Zakaat paid with paper money will be fulfilled.

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

#9647Can Zakaat be paid at different times, as per the needs? Doesn't Zakaat is to help poor and needy and to improve their financial conditions, rather than just paying off at one time at the year end
#16359Is Zakaat payable on Mehr..Can a muslim who is deep in debt accept zakaat to clear his debt...Is Zakaat Payable for a muslim who is deep in debt
#19484Could I accept Zakaat from my work place so that I may pay a credit card debt?
#127651)In a case where the husband owes money to the wife,does the wife have to pay zakaat on the money owed annually or is the zakaat paid when she actually recieves the money?
#19121Can a loan be converted to Zakaat and do you have to specify while giving Zakaat that it's Zakaat?
#13608zakaat for Providend Fund, half of which is deducted from my salary every month and half is paid by the company itself.This money does not come in my hand
#15947A family member had passed away recently and I had inherited a sum of money which makes me reliable for zakaat. However, this wealth is attached to properties and businesses which the deceased has left behind...
#26150Could I accept Zakaat from my work place so that I may pay a credit card debt?

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