What is the difference between the poor and the needy, for whom zakah is obligatory?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some scholars hold that the poor and the needy for whom zakah is obligatory are those who do not possess the nisab. He divides people into two categories:
The Shaykh:
The poor or the needy is the one who does not find what suffices him. If he owns half of the nisab but does not find his sufficiency from expenses, he is poor. If he finds more than half, he is needy. If he finds nothing, or finds less than half, he is poor. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
By the sufficiency. What is the criterion other than that? Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Some scholars hold that the poor and the needy for whom zakah is obligatory are those who do not possess the nisab. He divides people into two categories:
The Shaykh:
The poor or the needy is the one who does not find what suffices him. If he owns half of the nisab but does not find his sufficiency from expenses, he is poor. If he finds more than half, he is needy. If he finds nothing, or finds less than half, he is poor. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
By the sufficiency. What is the criterion other than that? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [993 -3022] ما الفرق بين الفقير والمسكين الذَين تجب لهما الزكاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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