What is the ruling on giving a poor worker from the zakah?
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Question:
He says: I have a worker who works for me for a monthly salary agreed upon between us, and he is poor. So if he wants to travel to his country and return, is it permissible to give him from the zakah?
Answer:
If he is a Muslim and poor, there is no harm in helping him from the zakah, because he is among the poor.[At-Tawbah 9:60] He is poor and a Muslim, so you help him from the zakah.
He says: I have a worker who works for me for a monthly salary agreed upon between us, and he is poor. So if he wants to travel to his country and return, is it permissible to give him from the zakah?
Answer:
If he is a Muslim and poor, there is no harm in helping him from the zakah, because he is among the poor.
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم إعطاء العامل الفقير من الزكاة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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