ANSWER:

You must not take the money back, if you already took it return it back to him and tell him that you  forgive him and you don’t want the money.

I gave my zakaat to a person who was in a lot of debt. After the person’s debts were over, he returned my money back as I hadn’t informed him that the money I gave was my zakaat money. What should I do with this money?

Zakat | December 1, 2017 8:05 pm
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