The Condition of Islam for the Poor and the Needy
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it a condition for the poor and the needy who receive from the zakah that they be Muslim?
Answer:
Yes, the zakah is not lawful except for Muslims. If it is given to a disbeliever, it is not lawful, except if the one in authority gives it to those whose hearts are to be reconciled. The one in authority gives it to those whose hearts are to be reconciled. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it a condition for the poor and the needy who receive from the zakah that they be Muslim?
Answer:
Yes, the zakah is not lawful except for Muslims. If it is given to a disbeliever, it is not lawful, except if the one in authority gives it to those whose hearts are to be reconciled. The one in authority gives it to those whose hearts are to be reconciled. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 02-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:04:09)
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