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Zakat On Behalf Of Insane Individual Or Minor
Is it obligatory to pay zakat on behalf of an insane individual or a minor?
There is difference of opinion about the obligatoriness of zakat payment by a guardian on behalf of an insane person or a minor. Imams Shafi'i and Malik hold that it is obligatory while Imam Abu Hanifah holds that it is not.

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