The Benefit of Seeking Charity from the Wealthy for the Needy According to al-Shawkani

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Imam al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in the last hadith that it contains benefits, one of which is the permissibility of asking the wealthy for charity for the needy, even if the one asking is not in need. He asks: From where did you derive this benefit, may Allah grant you success?

The Shaykh:
Give us al-Shawkani’s words; read them.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says:

The Shaykh:
We have al-Shawkani’s words; they are in *Nail al-Awtar*.

The questioner:
Before that, may Allah preserve you.

The Shaykh:
Read the words the questioner is quoting. Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah preserve you. The hadith of Jabir: “I witnessed the festival with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he said: ‘Give charity’” to the end of it. Al-Shawkani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “The hadith contains benefits.” Read the benefit they mentioned; read all the benefits.

The Shaykh:
No, there are none.

The questioner:
The benefit says: “And among them is the permissibility of asking the wealthy for charity for the needy, even if the one asking is not in need.”

The Shaykh:
He acts as an intermediary; he is not in need, but he is an intermediary between the owner of the wealth and the needy person, and he has a reward for that. Yes.