Balancing Debt and Duty: Understanding the Ghārim in Zakāh

By Muftī Sulaiman Moola The sixth category of zakāh recipients mentioned in the Noble Qur’ān is the Ghārim. The term ghārim can linguistically refer to both a debtor and a creditor. If understood as a creditor, it applies to one who is owed money but is unable to recover it from the debtor and, at the same time, does not possess wealth equivalent to…