Question
We received our inheritance money 5 years after the demise of our father. Do we have to pay Zakaat for the past five years?
Answer
Zakaat will be paid on the inheritance money only when the heirs take possession of it. The heirs have to pay Zakaat on their inheritance after taking possession, not for the past years in which the executors had committed the capital crime and sin of not having finalized the estate.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 28 No 04
- PDF page
- 4
Appears under INGESTING FIRE BY DECEPTION (approximate).