{"id":35148,"date":"2026-01-21T18:39:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=35148"},"modified":"2026-01-22T09:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:26:49","slug":"s-zakat-repaid-if-one-commits-apostasy-during-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/s-zakat-repaid-if-one-commits-apostasy-during-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Zakat Repaid if One Commits Apostasy During the Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 08704<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by: Alimah Maryam Badshah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">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, \u00a0committed kufr does he have to pay zakat again in the hanafi school of thought?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">A person who committed kufr (apostasy) after paying that year\u2019s zakah would not be required to repeat the payment of that same year\u2019s zakah after returning to Islam.<sup>[1]<\/sup> 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.<sup>[2]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Allah (swt) says in the Qur\u2019an: \u201c&#8230;And whoever denies the faith, then surely his deeds have become worthless\u2026\u201d Al-Ma\u2019idah (5:5) <sup>[3]<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[1]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u0648\u064e\u062e\u064e\u0631\u064e\u062c\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0643\u064e\u0627\u0641\u0650\u0631\u064f \u0644\u0650\u0639\u064e\u062f\u064e\u0645\u0650 \u062e\u0650\u0637\u064e\u0627\u0628\u0650\u0647\u0650 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\u0634\u064e\u0631\u0652\u0637\u064c \u0644\u0650\u0628\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0627\u0621\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0632\u064e\u0651\u0643\u064e\u0627\u0629\u0650 \u0639\u0650\u0646\u0652\u062f\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u062d\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0651\u0649 \u0644\u064e\u0648\u0652 \u0627\u0631\u0652\u062a\u064e\u062f\u064e\u0651 \u0628\u064e\u0639\u0652\u062f\u064e \u0648\u064f\u062c\u064f\u0648\u0628\u0650\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0633\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0637\u064e\u062a\u0652 \u0643\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0648\u0652\u062a\u0650<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Al-Bahr Al-R\u0101iq (Vol.2, pg.218, D\u0101r Al-Kitab Al-Islami), Al-Fat\u0101wa al-Hindiyyah (Vol.1, pg.171, D\u0101r Al-Fiqr) &amp; Raddul Muht\u0101r (Vol.2, pg.259, D\u0101r Al-Fiqr)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u0648\u064e\u0623\u064e\u0645\u0651\u064e\u0627 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Al-\u1e62an\u0101&#8217;i&#8217; (Vol.2, pg.4, D\u0101r Al-Kutub Al-\u2019Ilmiyyah)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">(\u0643\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0644\u064e\u0627 \u064a\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0636\u0650\u064a \u0645\u064f\u0631\u0652\u062a\u064e\u062f\u064c\u0651 \u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0641\u064e\u0627\u062a\u064e\u0647\u064f \u0632\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0647\u064e\u0627) \u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0627 \u0645\u064e\u0627 \u0642\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0625\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u062d\u064e\u062c\u064e\u0651\u060c \u0644\u0650\u0623\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0647\u064f \u0628\u0650\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0650\u0651\u062f\u064e\u0651\u0629\u0650 \u064a\u064e\u0635\u0650\u064a\u0631\u064f \u0643\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0643\u064e\u0627\u0641\u0650\u0631\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0635\u0652\u0644\u0650\u064a\u0650\u0651 (\u0648\u064e) 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sans-serif;\">[2]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[\u062a\u064e\u0646\u0652\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0647\u064c] \u0645\u064f\u0642\u0652\u062a\u064e\u0636\u064e\u0649 \u0643\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0646\u0650 \u062d\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0637\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0644\u0650 \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062f\u064f\u0651\u0646\u0652\u064a\u064e\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0622\u062e\u0650\u0631\u064e\u0629\u0650 \u062c\u064e\u0632\u064e\u0627\u0621\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0650\u0651\u062f\u064e\u0651\u0629\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0625\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0644\u064e\u0645\u0652 \u064a\u064e\u0645\u064f\u062a\u0652 \u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0639\u0650\u0646\u0652\u062f\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0647\u064f \u0644\u064e\u0648\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u0633\u0652\u0644\u064e\u0645\u064e \u0644\u064e\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u0639\u064f\u0648\u062f\u064f \u062d\u064e\u0633\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627\u062a\u064f\u0647\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Raddul Muht\u0101r (Vol.2, pg.76, D\u0101r Al-Fiqr)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u0623\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0651\u0627 \u0639\u0650\u0646\u0652\u062f\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627 \u0641\u064e\u0628\u0650\u0645\u064f\u062c\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0651\u062f\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0650\u0651\u062f\u064e\u0651\u0629\u0650 \u064a\u064f\u062d\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0637\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0644\u064f\u060c \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0635\u064f\u0651\u062d\u0652\u0628\u064e\u0629\u064f \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u0634\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0641\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0652\u0623\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0645\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0650\u060c \u0644\u064e\u0643\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0651\u0647\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0642\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f\u0648\u0627 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style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Only Allah (\u0639\u0632 \u0648 \u062c\u0644) knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Written by Alimah Maryam Badshah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 08704 &nbsp; &nbsp; Answered by: Alimah Maryam Badshah &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; I heard if a person commits kufr he hast to repeat 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