The ruling on giving a private driver from the zakah
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Question:
Abu Nawaf, please go ahead, Abu Nawaf. Peace be upon you, Shaykh.
Answer:
And upon you be peace, mercy of Allah, and blessings. May Allah preserve you. I have zakah, and I have a private Indian Muslim driver who is going to travel, if Allah wills, for his vacation. Is it permissible for me to give him from the zakah, knowing that he receives his full salary, meaning I do not deduct anything from it, but his situation is weak; he is not here and he is in need? Is it permissible to give him zakah so that he can give his family there a portion of the zakah? If you are giving it to him in order to encourage him to return to you and work for you, then it is not permissible. But if you are giving it to him because of his poverty, and you do not intend by that to bind him to you or encourage him to stay with you, then there is no harm.
Abu Nawaf, please go ahead, Abu Nawaf. Peace be upon you, Shaykh.
Answer:
And upon you be peace, mercy of Allah, and blessings. May Allah preserve you. I have zakah, and I have a private Indian Muslim driver who is going to travel, if Allah wills, for his vacation. Is it permissible for me to give him from the zakah, knowing that he receives his full salary, meaning I do not deduct anything from it, but his situation is weak; he is not here and he is in need? Is it permissible to give him zakah so that he can give his family there a portion of the zakah? If you are giving it to him in order to encourage him to return to you and work for you, then it is not permissible. But if you are giving it to him because of his poverty, and you do not intend by that to bind him to you or encourage him to stay with you, then there is no harm.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3957] حكم إعطاء السائق الخاص من الزكاة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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