Does Islam obligate me to pay zakat on money I lent two years ago?
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Scholars differentiate between a hoped-for debt, which its owner zakats if it completes a full year while the debtor is solvent, and an unhoped-for debt, such as a debt owed by an indigent person or a denying solvent person. The latter type is zakated by its owner after its recovery.
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