QUESTION: Can we give zakat to pay someone’s bank loan? This sister’s husband took loan with interest but he died now his wife has to pay. The bank has forgiven the interest rate but not the principal amount.
QUESTION: Can we give zakat to pay someone’s bank loan? This sister’s husband took loan with interest but he died now his wife has to pay. The bank has forgiven the interest rate but not the principal amount.
17Mar
ANSWER:
If the loan is on the sister and she is forced to pay it off, this is permissible but it is not permissible to pay off an interest loan from zakat especially if it was on someone who is dead.
QUESTION: Can we give zakat to pay someone’s bank loan? This sister’s husband took loan with interest but he died now his wife has to pay. The bank has forgiven the interest rate but not the principal amount.