Fatwa ID: 08704

 

 

Answered by: Alimah Maryam Badshah

 

Question:

 

I heard if a person commits kufr he hast to repeat his hajj again but what about if a person who had paid zakat, and just say in January,  committed kufr does he have to pay zakat again in the hanafi school of thought?

 

 

 

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

 

Answer:

 

A person who committed kufr (apostasy) after paying that year’s zakah would not be required to repeat the payment of that same year’s zakah after returning to Islam.^[1] However, it is important to note that according to the Hanafi Mazhab, if a person commits kufr all their previous good deeds are rendered void even if they return to Islam. This means that whilst the act of giving zakah would be accepted, the rewards gained from it would be lost after kufr.^[2]

 

Allah (swt) says in the Qur’an: “…And whoever denies the faith, then surely his deeds have become worthless…” Al-Ma’idah (5:5) ^[3]

 

 

 

References:

 

[1]

وَخَرَجَ الْكَافِرُ لِعَدَمِ خِطَابِهِ بِالْفُرُوعِ سَوَاءٌ كَانَ أَصْلِيًّا أَوْ مُرْتَدًّا فَلَوْ أَسْلَمَ الْمُرْتَدُّ لَا يُخَاطَبُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ الْعِبَادَاتِ أَيَّامَ رِدَّتِهِ ثُمَّ كَمَا هُوَ شَرْطٌ لِلْوُجُوبِ شَرْطٌ لِبَقَاءِ الزَّكَاةِ عِنْدَنَا حَتَّى لَوْ ارْتَدَّ بَعْدَ وُجُوبِهَا سَقَطَتْ كَمَا فِي الْمَوْتِ

Al-Bahr Al-Rāiq (Vol.2, pg.218, Dār Al-Kitab Al-Islami), Al-Fatāwa al-Hindiyyah (Vol.1, pg.171, Dār Al-Fiqr) & Raddul Muhtār (Vol.2, pg.259, Dār Al-Fiqr)

 

 

وَأَمَّا الْمُرْتَدُّ فَكَذَلِكَ عِنْدَنَا حَتَّى إذَا مَضَى عَلَيْهِ الْحَوْلُ وَهُوَ مُرْتَدٌّ فَلَا زَكَاةَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى لَا يَجِبَ عَلَيْهِ أَدَاؤُهَا إذَا أَسْلَمَ

Badā’i’ Al-Ṣanā’i’ (Vol.2, pg.4, Dār Al-Kutub Al-’Ilmiyyah)

 

 

(كَمَا لَا يَقْضِي مُرْتَدٌّ مَا فَاتَهُ زَمَنَهَا) وَلَا مَا قَبْلَهَا إلَّا الْحَجَّ، لِأَنَّهُ بِالرِّدَّةِ يَصِيرُ كَالْكَافِرِ الْأَصْلِيِّ (وَ) لِذَا (يُلْزَمُ بِإِعَادَةِ فَرْضٍ) أَدَّاهُ ثُمَّ (ارْتَدَّ عَقِبَهُ وَتَابَ) أَيْ أَسْلَمَ (فِي الْوَقْتِ) لِأَنَّهُ حَبِطَ بِالرِّدَّةِ.

Raddul Muhtār (Vol.2, pg.75, Dār Al-Fiqr)

 

 

 

[2]

[تَنْبِيهٌ] مُقْتَضَى كَوْنِ حَبْطِ الْعَمَلِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ جَزَاءَ الرِّدَّةِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَمُتْ عَلَيْهَا عِنْدَنَا أَنَّهُ لَوْ أَسْلَمَ لَا تَعُودُ حَسَنَاتُهُ

Raddul Muhtār (Vol.2, pg.76, Dār Al-Fiqr)

 

أَمَّا عِنْدَنَا فَبِمُجَرَّدِ الرِّدَّةِ يُحْبَطُ الْعَمَلُ، وَالصُّحْبَةُ مِنْ أَشْرَفِ الْأَعْمَالِ، لَكِنَّهُمْ قَالُوا إنَّهُ بِالْإِسْلَامِ تَعُودُ أَعْمَالُهُ مُجَرَّدَةً عَنْ الثَّوَابِ، وَلِذَا لَا يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ قَضَاؤُهُ سِوَى عِبَادَةٍ بَقِيَ سَبَبُهَا كَالْحَجِّ وَكَصَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا فَارْتَدَّ فَأَسْلَمَ فِي وَقْتِهَا.

Raddul Muhtār (Vol.1, pg.13, Dār Al-Fiqr)

 

 

[3]

﴿… وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِالْإِيمَانِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُ…﴾

Qur’an (5:5)

 

 

 

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Alimah Maryam Badshah

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham