The Ruling on Giving Zakah to One Who Abandons Prayer
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Question:
May Allah reward you. In the last of the questioner’s questions from Raqah, Syria, he says: Honorable Shaykh, my father (may Allah have mercy on him) left us a bequest of money, which he left with me to distribute. From this bequest, I gave some to my uncle, who never prays, and I always advise him, but to no avail. If he has performed the prayer after a period of time, is it permissible, or what is the ruling? And will I be sinful for that? If the one you mentioned has repented to Allah and returned to his religion and maintained the prayer,
Answer:
then there is nothing wrong with the zakah you gave him. However, if he did not repent to Allah and died without repenting to Allah, and he was one who abandoned the prayer, then you are required to take out the amount you gave him, and give it to a poor Muslim. Yes.
May Allah reward you. In the last of the questioner’s questions from Raqah, Syria, he says: Honorable Shaykh, my father (may Allah have mercy on him) left us a bequest of money, which he left with me to distribute. From this bequest, I gave some to my uncle, who never prays, and I always advise him, but to no avail. If he has performed the prayer after a period of time, is it permissible, or what is the ruling? And will I be sinful for that? If the one you mentioned has repented to Allah and returned to his religion and maintained the prayer,
Answer:
then there is nothing wrong with the zakah you gave him. However, if he did not repent to Allah and died without repenting to Allah, and he was one who abandoned the prayer, then you are required to take out the amount you gave him, and give it to a poor Muslim. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6017- حكم إعطاء الزكاة لتارك الصلاة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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