The Obligation Toward the Poor Who Do Not Ask People Importunately
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Question:
He says: What is our obligation toward the poor who ask us, but who do not ask people in a demanding manner?
Answer:
Yes, these people are more deserving of charity.[Al-Baqarah 2:273]. The poor and needy person who does not ask people is more deserving of help than the one who asks and is given what satisfies his need. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
He says: What is our obligation toward the poor who ask us, but who do not ask people in a demanding manner?
Answer:
Yes, these people are more deserving of charity.
[Charity is] for the poor who have been restricted for the cause of Allah, unable to move about in the land. An ignorant [person] would think them self-sufficient because of their restraint, but you will know them by their [characteristic] sign. They do not ask people persistently [or at all].
لِلْفُقَرَاءِ الَّذِينَ أُحْصِرُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ضَرْبًا فِي الْأَرْضِ يَحْسَبُهُمُ الْجَاهِلُ أَغْنِيَاءَ مِنَ التَّعَفُّفِ تَعْرِفُهُم بِسِيمَاهُمْ لَا يَسْأَلُونَ النَّاسَ إِلْحَافًاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (162) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1439-04-23] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (33:58)
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