If You Have Student Loans, How Do You Calculate the Zakat Amount Due? -Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat

Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat

Question

If You Have Student Loans, How Do You Calculate the Zakat Amount Due?

Answer

Many young people find themselves burdened with student loans to repay, which can complicate the calculation and payment of Zakat. Shaykh Abdul-Rahim will guide you on how to calculate Zakat, taking these debts into account.

Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat pursued Arabic Grammar and Morphology alongside his English and History degree. Post-graduation, he deepened his studies in Damascus, learning Arabic, Hanafi Fiqh, Theology, and more under notable scholars like Shaykh Adnan Darwish and Shaykh Rashad Shams. He continued in Amman, expanding into Tafsir, Hadith, Prophetic Biography, and other Islamic sciences, guided by teachers such as Shaykh Ali Hani and Dr. Hamza al-Bakri.