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Is zakat obligatory on a financial deposit designated for repaying a loan, knowing that it is part of the debt and does not cover it entirely, if a year has passed over it?

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You must repent to Allah Almighty for borrowing with usury, and for depositing money in a usurious bank if it is such. You should strive to get rid of the usurious loan and withdraw your deposit from the usurious bank and invest it in a permissible matter. is obligatory on the deposited money because it is still in your possession. If the debt reduces the , then there is no zakat, but if it does not reduce it, then zakat is obligatory on what exceeds it.

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