Is buying from a poor seller considered charity?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is it a type of charity to buy from a poor seller for the purpose of helping him?
The Shaykh:
Is it?
The questioner:
Is it a type of charity to buy from a poor seller for the purpose of helping him without taking the goods?
The Shaykh:
This is what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did, as in the hadith of Jabir. If you intend to buy from him, not to take ownership, but rather as a means to give to him, then there is no harm in this. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is it a type of charity to buy from a poor seller for the purpose of helping him?
The Shaykh:
Is it?
The questioner:
Is it a type of charity to buy from a poor seller for the purpose of helping him without taking the goods?
The Shaykh:
This is what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did, as in the hadith of Jabir. If you intend to buy from him, not to take ownership, but rather as a means to give to him, then there is no harm in this. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [747\ 3436] هل الشراء من البائع الفقير صدقة؟|الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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