Giving zakah to a poor person who plays the flute
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a friend who is poor and plays the flute, and his job is playing the flute. Is it permissible for me to give him from my zakah?
Answer:
Yes, give it to him and advise him to leave the flute. Give it to him if he is in need and poor, because he is a Muslim. Because he is a Muslim in need, and zakah is for the poor Muslims. He is a Muslim; the fact that he works with singing and flutes is a sin, but it does not take him out of Islam. Yes, along with advising him. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have a friend who is poor and plays the flute, and his job is playing the flute. Is it permissible for me to give him from my zakah?
Answer:
Yes, give it to him and advise him to leave the flute. Give it to him if he is in need and poor, because he is a Muslim. Because he is a Muslim in need, and zakah is for the poor Muslims. He is a Muslim; the fact that he works with singing and flutes is a sin, but it does not take him out of Islam. Yes, along with advising him. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (48:33)
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