Fatwa ID: 06616

Answered by: Maulana Usman Ismail

Question:

Can a person give zakat from his alcohol-earning haram money or interest money?

If he does give zakat from these earnings is his duty going to be fulfilled?  Or does he has to fulfil the zakat conditions that it has to be from halal earning

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

Answer:

There is no zakat on haram earnings even if it reaches the stipulated amount of zakat. All the haram-earned money must go to donations without even the intention of reward.

If one gives zakat from haram money for what was due on the halal money, then that zakat is not valid and must be given from solely halal money.

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Maulana Usman Ismail

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

“لو بلغ المال الخبيث نصابا لا يجب فيه الزكاة, لأن الكل واجب التصدق”

المصادر:

فتاوى دار العلوم زكريا ج 3 ص 129 زمزم