Is Zakat obligatory on money and profits delayed due to a legal dispute and delayed sale of goods?
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The owner of withheld wealth must pay on it for one year upon its retrieval, even if it remained withheld for years, because it is akin to a debt owed by an insolvent person. As for murabaha, its jurisprudential validity requires that the principal not be guaranteed, and that the profit be a specific percentage of the earnings, not of the principal.
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