The Muslim who is feared for his evil: Is it permissible to give him zakah so that he becomes one of those whose hearts are to be reconciled?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The Muslim who is feared for his evil, is it permissible to give him zakah so that he becomes one of those whose hearts are to be reconciled?
Answer:
His evil is restrained, and the one in authority restrains his evil by deterring him from it, because he is under the authority of the one in authority. As for the disbeliever, he is not under the authority of the one in authority.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The Muslim who is feared for his evil, is it permissible to give him zakah so that he becomes one of those whose hearts are to be reconciled?
Answer:
His evil is restrained, and the one in authority restrains his evil by deterring him from it, because he is under the authority of the one in authority. As for the disbeliever, he is not under the authority of the one in authority.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1044 -3022] المسلم الذي يخشى من شره، هل يجوز دفع الزكاة إليه فيكون من المؤلفة قلوبهم؟ — youtube.com
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