The Wisdom Behind Paying Zakah and the Ruling on Refusing to Pay It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: What is the apparent wisdom in paying zakah? And if a person refuses to pay it, what is required of him?
Answer:
Zakah is a pillar of Islam. How can a person abandon it? Just as one does not abandon prayer, one does not abandon zakah. It is the companion of prayer in the Book of Allah the Exalted. It is obligatory for him to pay it and not abandon it. It is a right that is obligatory upon him. The wisdom in it is that it is sustenance for the poor and the needy,[At-Tawbah 9:60] to the end of the verse. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: What is the apparent wisdom in paying zakah? And if a person refuses to pay it, what is required of him?
Answer:
Zakah is a pillar of Islam. How can a person abandon it? Just as one does not abandon prayer, one does not abandon zakah. It is the companion of prayer in the Book of Allah the Exalted. It is obligatory for him to pay it and not abandon it. It is a right that is obligatory upon him. The wisdom in it is that it is sustenance for the poor and the needy,
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 27-03-1436هـ — af.org.sa (33:39)
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