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Is the deprived person who is entitled to charity the one who runs after accumulating wealth and does not benefit from his wealth?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Some people interpret the saying of Allah the Exalted, "to the questioner and the deprived," by saying that the deprived one is the one who runs after accumulating wealth and does not benefit from his wealth.

Answer:
This is the one who is entitled to zakah, not to voluntary charity. The one who has wealth but does not eat from it is not entitled to it, because he is not poor. As for the deprived one, it has been mentioned to you that he is the one who needs help but does not ask people, so he is deprived because he does not ask. It was also said that the one struck by a calamity is among the deprived. He had wealth, but a calamity struck him and he became poor. This is called a deprived person. As in the story of the people of the garden, when the garden burned down, they said, "Rather, we are the deprived ones." A calamity struck them, so the one struck by a calamity is also included among the deprived. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2624- 4717] هل المحروم المستحق للصدقة هو الذي يجري خلف جمع المال ولم يستفد من ماله؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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