Home » Shafi'i Fiqh » Darul Iftaa Jordan » Delaying Zakah to be Given by Installments is Impermissible

Delaying Zakah to be Given by Installments is Impermissible

Answered as per Shafi'i Fiqh by Darul Iftaa Jordan
We are a Zakah committee concerned of collecting Zakah funds from Mosques and other similar places. Are we permitted to give them to the poor by installments?

Answer:
Those funds are being collected by the aforementioned committee because people have deputized it to give the Zakah on their behalf to the poor and needy people; however, the delay in paying Zakah while having the capability to do so is impermissible. Al-Imam An-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on his soul) said (what means):" The Zakah is due immediately if both (funds and eligible Zakah recipients are present)." [Al-Minhaj]. Therefore, the committee is obliged to give Zakah to its eligible recipients only in cash and without installments. And Allah knows best.

This answer was collected from the official government Iftaa Department of Jordan.

Read answers with similar topics: