The ruling on a slave who works to earn a living regarding zakah
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The Shaykh:
Praise be 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 we mentioned, the next lesson, if Allah wills, will be on tafsir, starting from the Juz' al-Muqqatal, beginning with Surat Qaf, beginning with Surat al-Hujurat. That is better. Beginning with Surat al-Hujurat. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, the father. The questioner asks: Is the slave who works to earn a living, who strives? Honorable Shaykh, is the slave who strives to earn a living in order to free himself the mukatab who is given from zakah?
The Shaykh:
No, the mukatab is the one whose master sold him to himself for a sum of money that he pays, and then he is freed. This is different from the mukatab.
The presenter:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, the...
The Shaykh:
This is a partial freeing, and he is trying to free the rest of himself. He is not this mukatab. This one who is partially freed is called, yes.
Praise be 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 we mentioned, the next lesson, if Allah wills, will be on tafsir, starting from the Juz' al-Muqqatal, beginning with Surat Qaf, beginning with Surat al-Hujurat. That is better. Beginning with Surat al-Hujurat. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, the father. The questioner asks: Is the slave who works to earn a living, who strives? Honorable Shaykh, is the slave who strives to earn a living in order to free himself the mukatab who is given from zakah?
The Shaykh:
No, the mukatab is the one whose master sold him to himself for a sum of money that he pays, and then he is freed. This is different from the mukatab.
The presenter:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, the...
The Shaykh:
This is a partial freeing, and he is trying to free the rest of himself. He is not this mukatab. This one who is partially freed is called, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2 من 2/عمدة الأحكام/كتاب العتق/ دبر رجل من الأنصار غلاماً له/ الشيخ صالح الفوزان/مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com (2:33)
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