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Converting Loan To Zakat
If a person given a loan is unable to return it due to his straitened financial circumstances, can the lender convert the loan into zakat without the borrower's knowledge and deduct it from his current year's zakatable amount and in the future when he p
No. The loan must be returned before the new zakat is given.

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