Waiving off a debt and considering it to be zakaat
Question
If I lent someone cash as a loan and at first have every intention of asking it back. However, after sometime I decide to not and forgive them can this be considered zakaat? Also do I have to inform this is forgiven as zakaat.
Answer
No.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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