Paying Zakah to Free a Slave: To the Master or to the Slave
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If I want to free a slave, do I give this zakah directly to the master, or do I give it to the slave so that he gives it to his master?
Answer:
The mukatab is not a slave; the mukatab means... You give it to the mukatab who has installments due for his manumission. You give it to him, and he pays it to his master. And you, if you see a person who is in debt and unable to pay it off, do not go to the creditor and give him your zakah, saying, "This is for so-and-so." No, give it to the poor person, and he gives it to the creditor. Give it to the poor debtor, and he gives it to the creditor. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If I want to free a slave, do I give this zakah directly to the master, or do I give it to the slave so that he gives it to his master?
Answer:
The mukatab is not a slave; the mukatab means... You give it to the mukatab who has installments due for his manumission. You give it to him, and he pays it to his master. And you, if you see a person who is in debt and unable to pay it off, do not go to the creditor and give him your zakah, saying, "This is for so-and-so." No, give it to the poor person, and he gives it to the creditor. Give it to the poor debtor, and he gives it to the creditor. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 09-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (46:30)
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