Giving the Driver and the Maid from Zakah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible for me to give the driver who works for me, or the maid, from my zakah, given that their salary does not suffice for them and their children there?
Answer:
If he is a Muslim and poor, and his salary is not sufficient for him, then you give him from your zakah, not in order to encourage him to work for you. If she intends by this to encourage him to work for her, then it is not permissible and it does not suffice. However, if she gives it to him because he is in need, whether he is with her or with someone else, then there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible for me to give the driver who works for me, or the maid, from my zakah, given that their salary does not suffice for them and their children there?
Answer:
If he is a Muslim and poor, and his salary is not sufficient for him, then you give him from your zakah, not in order to encourage him to work for you. If she intends by this to encourage him to work for her, then it is not permissible and it does not suffice. However, if she gives it to him because he is in need, whether he is with her or with someone else, then there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 09-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (51:49)
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