Is it authentic that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq fought those who withheld zakah because they considered this act permissible?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is it authentic that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq fought those who withheld zakah because they considered this act permissible?
The Shaykh:
Are they among those who consider it permissible, or did they not consider it permissible? If they consider it permissible, they have committed disbelief. If he says, "Zakah is not obligatory, and it is lawful for me not to pay it," this is disbelief. But if he says, "Zakah is obligatory, but I refuse to pay it," he is like the one who says, "Prayer is obligatory," but does not pray; he is coerced to do so. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Hajj is obligatory, and for the obligatory Hajj, he is coerced. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Is it authentic that Abu Bakr al-Siddiq fought those who withheld zakah because they considered this act permissible?
The Shaykh:
Are they among those who consider it permissible, or did they not consider it permissible? If they consider it permissible, they have committed disbelief. If he says, "Zakah is not obligatory, and it is lawful for me not to pay it," this is disbelief. But if he says, "Zakah is obligatory, but I refuse to pay it," he is like the one who says, "Prayer is obligatory," but does not pray; he is coerced to do so. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Hajj is obligatory, and for the obligatory Hajj, he is coerced. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [974 -3022] هل صح أن قتال أبي بكرٍ الصديق لمانعي الزكاة لأنهم كانوا مستحلين لهذا الفعل؟ — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.