The Ruling on Giving from Zakah to Beggars
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible to give beggars who ask people for money from the zakah?
Answer:
If you do not know that he is a liar or a swindler, you have no choice but to go by the appearance; you give him from the zakah. As for the beggar, do not rebuke him. The beggar has a right, as in the hadith:Sunan Abi Dawud 1665Da'if (Al-Albani) he has a right. So if you do not know that he is a liar or a swindler, give him based on the appearance of his condition. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible to give beggars who ask people for money from the zakah?
Answer:
If you do not know that he is a liar or a swindler, you have no choice but to go by the appearance; you give him from the zakah. As for the beggar, do not rebuke him. The beggar has a right, as in the hadith:
though he may be riding (a horse)
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Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (44:51)
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