The agent taking his due from the zakah he was entrusted to distribute
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man gave me a sum of money as zakah on his wealth to distribute among his relatives,
The Shaykh:
among his relatives.
The questioner:
such and such.
The Shaykh:
The people entitled to charity, or the people entitled to it from the payer?
The questioner:
He says: And I am entitled to the zakah, so is this...
The Shaykh:
The zakah, meaning he gave him the zakah to distribute among the eligible recipients, and he is an eligible recipient, so he must seek his permission. He says, "I am an eligible recipient," or otherwise the agent does not take anything for himself except with the permission of the one who entrusted him. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Does the ruling differ if it is voluntary charity rather than zakah?
The Shaykh:
It is all the same; he does not take anything except with the permission of the owner of the wealth. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man gave me a sum of money as zakah on his wealth to distribute among his relatives,
The Shaykh:
among his relatives.
The questioner:
such and such.
The Shaykh:
The people entitled to charity, or the people entitled to it from the payer?
The questioner:
He says: And I am entitled to the zakah, so is this...
The Shaykh:
The zakah, meaning he gave him the zakah to distribute among the eligible recipients, and he is an eligible recipient, so he must seek his permission. He says, "I am an eligible recipient," or otherwise the agent does not take anything for himself except with the permission of the one who entrusted him. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Does the ruling differ if it is voluntary charity rather than zakah?
The Shaykh:
It is all the same; he does not take anything except with the permission of the owner of the wealth. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 36 من 69/شرح أخصر المختصرات/ كتاب البيع والمعاملات/الضمان,الكفالة,الصلح/ الشيخ صالح الفوزان/فقه — youtube.com (1:00:13)
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