diff --git a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/clerkdisbursement/api/ClerkDisbursementRequestApiResource.java b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/clerkdisbursement/api/ClerkDisbursementRequestApiResource.java
index 08d596d26..e75955127 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/clerkdisbursement/api/ClerkDisbursementRequestApiResource.java
+++ b/fineract-provider/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/portfolio/clerkdisbursement/api/ClerkDisbursementRequestApiResource.java
@@ -177,6 +177,15 @@ public class ClerkDisbursementRequestApiResource {
                 kycRestrictionGuard.check(entry.get("savingsAccountId").getAsLong(),
                         "Dr".equals(dbCr) ? KycRestrictionGuard.Operation.TRANSFER : KycRestrictionGuard.Operation.CREDIT);
             }
+            // A Dr leg against a savings account is a withdrawal, and the clerk who raises it should
+            // not learn the account can't pay out until a manager tries to approve it and the whole
+            // request bounces back generic and reversed. Every reason SavingsAccount.withdraw() would
+            // refuse this later -- inactive, closed, or still inside its lock-in period -- is checked
+            // here too, against the same columns, so the clerk sees the real reason at entry time.
+            if ("Dr".equals(dbCr) && "SAVINGS".equals(entryAccountType)
+                    && entry.has("savingsAccountId") && !entry.get("savingsAccountId").isJsonNull()) {
+                validateSavingsWithdrawalEligible(entry.get("savingsAccountId").getAsLong(), entryAmt);
+            }
             if ("Dr".equals(dbCr)) {
                 totalDr = totalDr.add(entryAmt);
             } else {
@@ -1179,6 +1188,51 @@ public class ClerkDisbursementRequestApiResource {
                 .findFirst().orElse(null);
     }
 
+    /** Savings status_enum for an account still open for business (Fineract's SavingsAccountStatusType.ACTIVE). */
+    private static final int SAVINGS_STATUS_ACTIVE = 300;
+
+    /**
+     * The same refusals {@code SavingsAccount.withdraw()} raises at approval time -- account not
+     * active, or still inside its lock-in period -- checked here against the same columns, so the
+     * clerk sees the real reason when the request is raised rather than a generic failure once a
+     * manager tries to approve it. Balance is checked too, against the account's own minimum, since
+     * an entry that can never post is no more usable sitting in the approval queue than one refused
+     * outright.
+     */
+    private void validateSavingsWithdrawalEligible(final Long savingsAccountId, final BigDecimal amount) {
+        final List<Map<String, Object>> rows = jdbcTemplate.queryForList("""
+                SELECT account_no, status_enum, lockedin_until_date_derived, account_balance_derived,
+                       min_required_balance, enforce_min_required_balance
+                  FROM m_savings_account WHERE id = ?
+                """, savingsAccountId);
+        if (rows.isEmpty()) {
+            return; // not found here is not this check's job -- the id/type mismatch surfaces elsewhere
+        }
+        final Map<String, Object> row = rows.get(0);
+        final String accountNo = (String) row.get("account_no");
+        final Number statusEnum = (Number) row.get("status_enum");
+        if (statusEnum == null || statusEnum.intValue() != SAVINGS_STATUS_ACTIVE) {
+            throw apiError(422, "Withdrawal not allowed for savings account " + accountNo + ": account is not active.");
+        }
+        final java.sql.Date lockedUntil = (java.sql.Date) row.get("lockedin_until_date_derived");
+        if (lockedUntil != null) {
+            final LocalDate today = LocalDate.now(DateUtils.getDateTimeZoneOfTenant());
+            final LocalDate lockedUntilDate = lockedUntil.toLocalDate();
+            if (today.isBefore(lockedUntilDate)) {
+                throw apiError(422, "Withdrawal not allowed for savings account " + accountNo
+                        + ": account is locked-in until " + lockedUntilDate + ".");
+            }
+        }
+        final BigDecimal balance = (BigDecimal) row.get("account_balance_derived");
+        final boolean enforceMin = Boolean.TRUE.equals(row.get("enforce_min_required_balance"));
+        final BigDecimal minRequired = enforceMin && row.get("min_required_balance") != null
+                ? (BigDecimal) row.get("min_required_balance") : BigDecimal.ZERO;
+        if (balance != null && balance.subtract(amount).compareTo(minRequired) < 0) {
+            throw apiError(422, "Withdrawal not allowed for savings account " + accountNo + ": available balance ("
+                    + balance.subtract(minRequired) + ") is less than the requested amount (" + amount + ").");
+        }
+    }
+
     private void addDisbursementVoucherLines(final Map<?, ?> record, final JsonArray creditEntries, final Long sourceGlId,
             final String requestType) {