The Ruling on Giving to the Beggar from Zakah
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is the one who knocks on the door or comes to you asking for charity given from the zakah?
Answer:
Yes, the beggar is given from the zakah, unless you know that he is not in need, in which case you do not give to him. But if you do not know, the default is that he is entitled to it, so you give to him from the zakah[Al-Ma'arij 70:24-25]. The beggar has a right. Yes.
The questioner asks: Is the one who knocks on the door or comes to you asking for charity given from the zakah?
Answer:
Yes, the beggar is given from the zakah, unless you know that he is not in need, in which case you do not give to him. But if you do not know, the default is that he is entitled to it, so you give to him from the zakah
within whose wealth is a known right (25) For the petitioner and the deprived -
فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ
Source
مجالس رمضان 1429هـ - 03 — alfawzan.live (16:40)
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