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Ruling 1956. If a stranded traveller has received zakat and after reaching his home town finds that some of the zakat has remained unspent, in the eve
Ruling 1955. If a traveller runs out of funds or his means of transportation stops functioning, in the event that the purpose of his journey is not si
Ruling 1954. With regard to a person who is in debt but is unable to repay his debt, the lender can count the amount owed to him by the person as zaka
Ruling 1953. If a person gives zakat to someone who is in debt but is unable to repay his debt and he later realises that the debtor spent the loan fo
Ruling 1952. A person who is in debt but is unable to repay his debt – even if he has the means to meet his expenses for one year – can receive zakat
Ruling 1951. If a person gives someone zakat thinking that he is poor and later realises that he was not poor, or if on account of not knowing the rul
Ruling 1950. If a person gives something to a poor person with the intention of zakat, it is not necessary for him to tell him it is zakat. In fact, i
Ruling 1949. If a poor person dies and his estate is insufficient to repay his debt, one may count the amount he is owed by the deceased towards his z
Ruling 1948. If a person who must give zakat is owed some amount by a poor person, he can count the amount he is owed by the poor person towards his z
Ruling 1947. If a person who was not poor previously says he is poor now, in the event that confidence cannot be derived from what he says, zakat cann
Ruling 1946. One can give zakat to a person who was previously poor and who says he is poor now even if he does not attain confidence (iṭmiʾnān) in hi
Ruling 1945. A poor person who can work and thereby meet his and his family’s expenses but does not do so due to laziness is not permitted to receive
Ruling 1944. A poor person who does not possess the means to meet his and his family’s expenses for one year can receive zakat even if he owns a house
Ruling 1943. A craftsman, proprietor, or a businessman whose income is less than his expenses for one year can receive zakat to meet his shortfall, an
Ruling 1942. If a person has sufficient means to meet his expenses for a year and spends part of it, and then he doubts whether or not the remaining a
Ruling 1941. The obligatory precaution is that a poor or needy person must not receive zakat that is more than his and his family’s expenses for one y
Ruling 1940. Zakat can be distributed in eight ways. 1. It can be given to a poor person (faqīr). A poor person is defined as someone who does not pos
Ruling 1938. If before the eleventh month is complete one exchanges the cows, sheep, and camels that he owns with something else, or he exchanges the
Ruling 1937. If all the cows, sheep, and camels that a person owns are sick, have a defect, or are old, he can give the zakat on them from them. Howev
Ruling 1936. If the cows, sheep, and camels that a person owns are sick or have a defect, they are still liable for zakat.