Is Qurbani Compulsory upon Someone in Debt?

17th September 2019

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

Question: Is Qurbani due upon a woman who is in heavy debt? For instance, she has gold worth £10, 000 but is also in debt of £10,000?

 

الجواب حامداً و مصلياً

In the name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

In principle, Qurbani is wajib (compulsory) upon a mature and sane person who owns 612.36 grams of silver or its equal monetary value or any additional assets equivalent to such value beyond essentials like clothing, accommodation, debt etc during the three days of Qurbani.[1]

In the above case, if such a woman has £10,000 worth of gold along with £10,000 debt and no additional assets to the value of 612.36 grams of silver then Qurbani will not be wajib upon her.[2] If however with the debt, she possesses additional assets beyond essentials such as house furniture equal to this value then Qurbani will be wajib upon. It must be remembered that in the case of Qurbani, additional household assets are considered when determining the necessity of Qurbani.

 

[Allāh Knows Best]

 

Written by:  Apa Sajeda        Reviewed by: Mufti Abdul Waheed

Attested by: Shaykh Mufti Saiful Islam

JKN Fatawa Department

 

 

[1] Durrul Mukhtār wa hashiyah Ibn Ābideen Shāmi, Kitābul Udhiyah, vol 6, p. 312

قَوْلُهُ وَالْيَسَارُ إلَخْ) بِأَنْ مَلَك مِائَتَيْ دِرْهَمٍ أَوْ عَرْضًا يُسَاوِيهَا غَيْرَ مَسْكَنِهِ وَثِيَابِ اللُّبْسِ أَوْ مَتَاعٍ يَحْتَاجُهُ إلَى أَنْ يَذْبَحَ الْأُضْحِيَّةَ وَلَوْ لَهُ عَقَارٌ يَسْتَغِلُّهُ فَقِيلَ تَلْزَمُ لَوْ قِيمَتُهُ نِصَابًا، وَقِيلَ لَوْ يَدْخُلُ مِنْهُ قُوتُ سَنَةٍ تَلْزَمُ، وَقِيلَ قُوتُ شَهْرٍ، فَمَتَى فَضَلَ نِصَابٌ تَلْزَمُهُ. وَلَوْ الْعَقَارُ وَقْفًا، فَإِنْ وَجَبَ لَهُ فِي أَيَّامِهَا نِصَابٌ تَلْزَمُ،

 

Durrul Mukhtār, Kitābul Udhiyah, vol 6, p. 312

وَالْيَسَارُ الَّذِي يَتَعَلَّقُ بِهِ) وُجُوبُ (صَدَقَةِ الْفِطْرِ) كَمَا مَرَّ.

Durrul Mukhtār, Kitābus Zakāt, Bāb Sadaqtul Fitr

(ذِي نِصَابٍ فَاضِلٍ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ الْأَصْلِيَّةِ) كَدَيْنِهِ وَحَوَائِجِ عِيَالِهِ

 

Mufti Mahmoodul Hasan Ganghogi, Fatawa Mahmoodiya, Kitabul Udhiyah, pg 309

 

[2] Kasāni, Badā’i Sanāi, Kitāb al-Tadhiyah, vol 5 p. 64

وَلَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ بِحَيْثُ لَوْ صَرَفَ إلَيْهِ بَعْضَ نِصَابِهِ لَا يَنْقُصُ نِصَابُهُ لَا تَجِبُ لِأَنَّ الدَّيْنَ يَمْنَعُ وُجُوبَ الزَّكَاةِ فَلَأَنْ يَمْنَعَ وُجُوبَ الْأُضْحِيَّةَ أَوْلَى؛ لِأَنَّ الزَّكَاةَ فَرْضٌ وَالْأُضْحِيَّةَ وَاجِبَةٌ وَالْفَرْضُ فَوْقَ الْوَاجِبِ