Is zakat due on money owed by a debtor whose exact financial worth is unknown and from whom repayment is not expected?
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There is no on the money your brother owes you as long as you are not certain of its recovery. If you recover it, you must pay zakat on it for one year, even if it remained with your brother for many years, provided that it reached the by itself or by what is added to it.
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