Is it permissible to buy zakat al-fitr from the poor?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A poor man received a quantity of zakat al-fitr and wants to sell it. Is it permissible for us to buy it from him? We are not the ones who gave him this zakat.
Answer:
That is not permissible for the owner; he is the one who must not buy it. As for anyone else, there is no objection. If the recipient who received it wants to sell it, he may sell it, but he must not sell it to the person who gave it to him.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A poor man received a quantity of zakat al-fitr and wants to sell it. Is it permissible for us to buy it from him? We are not the ones who gave him this zakat.
Answer:
That is not permissible for the owner; he is the one who must not buy it. As for anyone else, there is no objection. If the recipient who received it wants to sell it, he may sell it, but he must not sell it to the person who gave it to him.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [723\ 3436] هل يجوز شراء زكاة الفطر من الفقراء؟|الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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