The ruling on paying zakah on wealth in the form of food
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The questioner:
I am Salih. Please, Salih. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. My first question: I have a sum of one thousand riyals as zakah on my wealth. I took it out of forty thousand, which came to one thousand riyals, and I want to give it in charity in Ramadan now. Do I distribute it to the poor, meaning I take a slaughtered animal with rice and distribute it among the poor? What is the amount? One thousand riyals? Yes. How much is his zakah? No, I have forty thousand and I want to give its zakah, so I took out one thousand riyals from it. He has forty thousand, Honorable Shaykh, and he wants to give its zakah, and he asks: To whom is it given? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
It is given to the poor and the needy. Yes.
The questioner:
Do I distribute it to them, meaning I take it like rice, or do I distribute it to them? If what do you... give it to the shops for... Buy food and distribute it to them, Shaykh Salih.
The Shaykh:
He pays it to them in money, unless they are not good at managing it, in which case he gives it to the one who supports them and takes care of them, and he spends it on their needs. Yes.
I am Salih. Please, Salih. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. My first question: I have a sum of one thousand riyals as zakah on my wealth. I took it out of forty thousand, which came to one thousand riyals, and I want to give it in charity in Ramadan now. Do I distribute it to the poor, meaning I take a slaughtered animal with rice and distribute it among the poor? What is the amount? One thousand riyals? Yes. How much is his zakah? No, I have forty thousand and I want to give its zakah, so I took out one thousand riyals from it. He has forty thousand, Honorable Shaykh, and he wants to give its zakah, and he asks: To whom is it given? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
It is given to the poor and the needy. Yes.
The questioner:
Do I distribute it to them, meaning I take it like rice, or do I distribute it to them? If what do you... give it to the shops for... Buy food and distribute it to them, Shaykh Salih.
The Shaykh:
He pays it to them in money, unless they are not good at managing it, in which case he gives it to the one who supports them and takes care of them, and he spends it on their needs. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4579] حكم إخراج زكاة المال طعامًا - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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