My salary is not enough and I am burdened with debts, so if I ask for zakah, does the hadith “Whoever opens the door of asking…” apply to me?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am a student of knowledge, I am a student of knowledge, and I work in one of the companies, but my salary is not enough for me and my family, which forces me to borrow until the debts have burdened me. No one knows my situation except my wife. So if I ask some of the brothers for zakah, does the hadith “Whoever opens the door of asking, Allah opens a door of humiliation” apply to me?
Answer:
If a person opens the door of asking for alms without need, as for the one who asks out of need, there is no harm, there is no harm; if he is in need, there is no harm in his asking. But if he asks excessively without need, that is what is forbidden and prohibited. So there is no harm if you need to ask the people of good. Yes, the hadith: a man who is afflicted with poverty, it isSahih Ibn Khuzaymah 6:124 permissible for him to ask. In the hadith, it is permissible for the one in need to ask. People do not know about him.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I am a student of knowledge, I am a student of knowledge, and I work in one of the companies, but my salary is not enough for me and my family, which forces me to borrow until the debts have burdened me. No one knows my situation except my wife. So if I ask some of the brothers for zakah, does the hadith “Whoever opens the door of asking, Allah opens a door of humiliation” apply to me?
Answer:
If a person opens the door of asking for alms without need, as for the one who asks out of need, there is no harm, there is no harm; if he is in need, there is no harm in his asking. But if he asks excessively without need, that is what is forbidden and prohibited. So there is no harm if you need to ask the people of good. Yes, the hadith: a man who is afflicted with poverty, it is
Asking is permissible for him until he obtains a means of livelihood.
له المساله حتى يصيب سدادا من عيش
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [215 -521] راتبي لا يكفيني وأثقلتني الديون، فهل إذا طلبت الزكاة يصدق علي حديث «من فتح باب مسألة..»؟ — youtube.com
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