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Intention When Paying Zakat
What intention must I have when paying zakat?
Zakat payers must have an intention to pay zakat prior to its payment for it to be considered zakat, whether the intention is spoken, unspoken or written; one may not, for instance, retroactively label a payment “zakat,” though if the giver establishes with certainty that the recipient still possesses the very money that one has given and it has not yet been spent, the payer may make the intention of zakat; it is valid for the intention to be made well before the time of disbursement; this intention is necessary from the original payer, not from the one authorized on behalf of the payer to distribute zakat.

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