Who is in greater need, the poor or the needy?
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Question:
Who is in greater need, the poor or the needy? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, when the poor and the needy are mentioned together, their meanings differ. By the poor, one means the one who has nothing, and by the needy, one means the one who has some, being in a better state than the poor. However, when one of them is mentioned alone, the other is included. If the poor is mentioned alone, the needy is included, and if the needy is mentioned alone, the poor is included, and their meaning becomes one. Their meaning becomes one. Yes.
Who is in greater need, the poor or the needy? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, when the poor and the needy are mentioned together, their meanings differ. By the poor, one means the one who has nothing, and by the needy, one means the one who has some, being in a better state than the poor. However, when one of them is mentioned alone, the other is included. If the poor is mentioned alone, the needy is included, and if the needy is mentioned alone, the poor is included, and their meaning becomes one. Their meaning becomes one. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من هو أكثر حاجة، الفقير أم المسكين؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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