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Bayhaqi 7625 — The zakah of a debt owed by one who is in hardship

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ الْخَالِقِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْمُؤَذِّنُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ ⦗٢٥٣⦘ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ خَنْبٍ، أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، ثنا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِيَّ، وَكَانَ عَلَى بَيْتِ مَالِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: " كَانَ النَّاسُ يَأْخُذُونَ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ الزَّكَاةَ، وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا خَرَجَتِ الْأَعْطِيَةُ حَبَسَ لَهُمُ الْعُرَفَاءُ دُيُونَهُمْ وَمَا بَقِيَ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ أُخْرِجَتْ زَكَاتُهُمْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْبِضُوا ثُمَّ دَايَنَ النَّاسُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ دُيُونًا هَالِكَةً فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يَقْبِضُونَ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ الصَّدَقَةَ إِلَّا مَا نَضَّ مِنْهُ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا إِذَا قَبَضُوا الدَّيْنَ أَخْرَجُوا عَنْهَا لِمَا مَضَى مِنْهَا ".
Humayd bin Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Abd al-Rahman bin Abd al-Qari (may Allah have mercy on him) was in charge of the treasury of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: People used to take zakah from debts, in this way: when the stipends were issued, the overseers ('urafa') held back people's debts for them, and on whatever remained in their hands the zakah was taken out before they received it. Then, after that, people extended loans that went bad, so they did not take zakah from a debt except what was realised in cash; but when they received the debt, they paid its zakah for the time that had passed.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الزكاة / 7625
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