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Is unpaid zakat from previous years treated as a liability?

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If one owes zakat on previous years (and after calculating them separately, one is going to pay them this year)…When calculating this years zakat, is the zakat owed on previous years subtracted from the net amount (and treated as a liability)?

Answer:
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Al-Salam alaykum

Yes , unpaid Zakah from previous years is treated as a liability. This is stated in Al-Durr al-Mukhtar and its commentary Radd al-Muhtar [2.282, Dar al-Fikr   1995]

Abu Usamah

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