Naming Zakah as Sadaqah
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) did not mention urging the imam to pay zakah, and we know that the one who withholds zakah is a sinner. He said he urges them to give sadaqah, and sadaqah includes zakah.[At-Tawbah 9:103] Allah called it sadaqah, saying: [At-Tawbah 9:60] meaning zakah.
Answer:
Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) did not mention urging the imam to pay zakah, and we know that the one who withholds zakah is a sinner. He said he urges them to give sadaqah, and sadaqah includes zakah.
Take, [O, Muhammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them increase
خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَاZakah expenditures are only for the poor
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِAnswer:
Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [566 -2802] تسمية الزكاة صدقة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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