The ruling on giving zakat al-fitr to someone who asks without knowing their situation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If I buy zakat al-fitr, I find people at the shop door asking me for zakat and complaining of their poverty, so I give it to them even though I do not know them. Then waswas (whispers) come to me that I may have given it to someone who does not deserve it. Is my conscience cleared by doing so?
Answer:
If you do not know that they are liars or that they are swindlers, and they are asking, give it to them based on what appears. You have nothing but the appearance; your conscience is cleared by that, and leave the waswas. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If I buy zakat al-fitr, I find people at the shop door asking me for zakat and complaining of their poverty, so I give it to them even though I do not know them. Then waswas (whispers) come to me that I may have given it to someone who does not deserve it. Is my conscience cleared by doing so?
Answer:
If you do not know that they are liars or that they are swindlers, and they are asking, give it to them based on what appears. You have nothing but the appearance; your conscience is cleared by that, and leave the waswas. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-01-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (49:51)
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