Fatwa ID: 06901

Answered by: Maulana Ousman Haye

Question:

Is it ok that someone pays your zakat, then you pay them back?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

Zakat is an obligation upon each individual who has wealth on which Zakat is compulsory. Zakat may be paid by such an individual directly or via a proxy/representative.

Therefore you may pay your Zakat yourself or instruct someone to pay it on your behalf. This person may pay zakat on your behalf with your prior consent, and then your Zakat is valid and discharged. You may pay him back later on.

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Maulana Ousman Haye

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

إذَا وَكَّلَ فِي أَدَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ أَجْزَأَتْهُ النِّيَّةُ عِنْدَ الدَّفْعِ إلَى الْوَكِيلِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَنْوِ عِنْدَ التَّوْكِيلِ وَنَوَى عِنْدَ دَفْعِ الْوَكِيلِ جَازَ كَذَا فِي
الْجَوْهَرَةِ النَّيِّرَةِ
(الفتاوى الهندية، ج١، ص١٧١، دار الفكر)