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Giving Zakat to Someone in Debt

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Fatwa: 29009
Giving Zakat to Someone in Debt

الاستفتاء

Salam, Please tell can we pay Zakat to set bonded labor free? Can bonded labor be classified as "gharemeen" as in Ayat 60, Surah Touba?

الجواب حامدا و مصلیا

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
If someone in debt is unemployed and does not have enough wealth to pay off his debt yet still he possesses the amount of the Nisab, then he is classified as “Gharemeen”, and can be given Zakat.
And Allah knows best.

And Allah knows best
مفتی محمد وقار
May Allah Forgive him,
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Fatwa No 29009 Verification