Taking Zakah to Purchase Goods and Trade with Them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I do not have a job, so is it permissible for me to take from the zakah to buy perfume and trade in it?
Answer:
You take from the zakah for expenses, if you do not have what is sufficient for your expenses, you take from the zakah. As for taking the zakah to trade with it, no. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I do not have a job, so is it permissible for me to take from the zakah to buy perfume and trade in it?
Answer:
You take from the zakah for expenses, if you do not have what is sufficient for your expenses, you take from the zakah. As for taking the zakah to trade with it, no. Yes.
Source
مختصر زاد المعاد (للإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب)، مختصر زاد المعاد [65] — alfawzan.live (55:26)
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