The Ruling on the One Who Withholds Zakah in the Verse: “And He Who Dies Without Repenting”
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In the words of the poet (may Allah have mercy on him), “And he who dies without repenting from the error, his affair is entrusted to the Giver of Bounty,” does this include the one who withholds zakah? As it came in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he says: In the words of the poet (may Allah have mercy on him), “And he who dies without repenting from the error.”
The Shaykh:
This is what we received; I received this, we have passed it. Yes. We have passed it. I did not hear the question of Bayt Sami, and who did not? And he who is not… and he who did not repent from the error, his affair is entrusted to the Giver of Bounty. Yes, this is for the one who commits a major sin; this is for the one who commits a major sin, so his affair is entrusted to Allah: if He wills, He forgives him, and if He wills, He punishes him,[An-Nisa 4:48]. So this is for the one who commits a major sin that is less than shirk (associating partners with Allah); his affair is entrusted to Allah: if He wills, He forgives him, and if He wills, He punishes him. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah keep you safe, in his question: Does this include the one who withholds zakah?
The Shaykh:
As for zakah, if he denies its obligation, that is one thing. And if he objects to its obligation but withholds it out of stinginess, it is taken from him by force; it is taken from him by force, even if this leads to fighting him, just as al-Idh (the Caliph) fought the one who withholds zakah. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In the words of the poet (may Allah have mercy on him), “And he who dies without repenting from the error, his affair is entrusted to the Giver of Bounty,” does this include the one who withholds zakah? As it came in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he says: In the words of the poet (may Allah have mercy on him), “And he who dies without repenting from the error.”
The Shaykh:
This is what we received; I received this, we have passed it. Yes. We have passed it. I did not hear the question of Bayt Sami, and who did not? And he who is not… and he who did not repent from the error, his affair is entrusted to the Giver of Bounty. Yes, this is for the one who commits a major sin; this is for the one who commits a major sin, so his affair is entrusted to Allah: if He wills, He forgives him, and if He wills, He punishes him,
Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills
إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاءُThe questioner:
And he says, may Allah keep you safe, in his question: Does this include the one who withholds zakah?
The Shaykh:
As for zakah, if he denies its obligation, that is one thing. And if he objects to its obligation but withholds it out of stinginess, it is taken from him by force; it is taken from him by force, even if this leads to fighting him, just as al-Idh (the Caliph) fought the one who withholds zakah. Yes.
Source
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