Zakah paid by guardian father husband.
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As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
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this question:
Dear Burhan Bhai
Asalam alu kum iwant ask regarding zakat we are staying in joint family what we
are earning we have not kept any thing seperately whole and sole my father is
taking care of all things property rent etc
for last three i paid zakat but this time my father paid zakat for all of us
can u tell me is it correct or wrong can u give me correct answer.
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Allah Hafiz.
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Answer:
Zakah paid by
guardian father husband
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
If the total nett worth of any believer, regardless of whether that wealth belongs to a man, woman, or child, is more than the prescribed ‘nisaab’ of 7.5 tolas of gold (app. 85 grams or app. Value US$1,000.00), then the person is liable to pay the obligatory zakat of 2.5% on their excess wealth which has been in then possession for a full calendar year.
If one’s total nett worth is less than the prescribed
‘nisaab’, then one does not have to pay any ‘zakaah’ on their wealth. Thus in
principle, if the value of one’s excess wealth (regardless of whether the
wealth belongs to a man, woman or child) is above the prescribed ‘nisaab’, then
it is absolutely obligatory that one purify their wealth by paying the annul
‘zakah’ on their excess wealth after it has been in their possession for a
period of one full calendar year.
Although the primary responsibility of paying the zakah
lies on the person who owns the wealth, if for any reason the head of the
family or the husband or the father chooses to pay the zakah for the wealth
owned by those under his direct authority (his wife, his children, etc.), there
is absolutely no harm.
Regardless of whether one pays the zakah for the wealth
they own themselves, or whether their father or husband or guardian chooses to
pay the zakah for the wealth owned by them…..provided the annual zakah dues are
paid on the excess wealth, one would have deemed to have fulfilled their
obligatory duty unto their Lord Most High.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan