{"id":19535,"date":"2021-02-04T14:57:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=19535"},"modified":"2021-02-04T14:58:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T14:58:16","slug":"adding-mortgage-when-calculating-zakat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/adding-mortgage-when-calculating-zakat\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding the Installment of the Mortgage When Calculating the Zakat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 04824\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Maulana <span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mohammed Kamran Abid<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Asalamualaikum, I have some assets and I recently bought a house as well in the UK through a conventional mortgage. It is my understanding that the Zakat is due to be paid net of obligations. When I calculate the zakat next time around do I need to factor in the loan\/mortgage that I have on the house (as the house is not considered for the purpose of Zakat computation)?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The general rule of an item bought, but not fully paid is that it will be considered as a debt. (1)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> However, the Islamic Jurists have made a distinction between long-term debt and short-term debt. They state that short-term debts will be deducted before calculating zakat from the zakatable assets and long-term debt will not be deducted before calculating zakat from the zakatable assets. (2)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Maulana Mohammed Kamran Abid<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0648\u064e\u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652\u0647\u064e\u0627<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0641\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0627\u063a\u064f<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0639\u064e\u0646\u0652<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0651\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0646\u0650<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0623\u064e\u0635\u0652\u062d\u064e\u0627\u0628\u064f\u0646\u064e\u0627<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; 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<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u062a\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064e\u0649<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0627\u0644\u0641\u062a\u0627\u0648\u0649<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0627\u0644\u0647\u0646\u062f\u064a\u0629<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, vol. 1, pg. 172, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u062f\u0627\u0631<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0643\u0631<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">2 Jadeed Fiqhi Masaail, vol. 1, pg. 144-145, Zamzam Publishers<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 04824\u00a0 Answered by: Maulana Mohammed Kamran Abid &nbsp; 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