Giving from zakah to a guarantor who was imprisoned due to the guarantee
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man guaranteed a large sum for another person, and the one who was guaranteed was unable to pay it back, so the guarantor was imprisoned to pay the amount. Is this guarantor given from the zakah?
The Shaykh:
No, he is not a guarantor (kafil); this is a surety (damin). A liability fell upon him because of the surety, and since he is unable to pay, he may be helped from the zakah. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant her success.
The Shaykh:
Bringing a person is when one undertakes to bring him if requested, whereas a surety is a guarantee for what is in the person's debt.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man guaranteed a large sum for another person, and the one who was guaranteed was unable to pay it back, so the guarantor was imprisoned to pay the amount. Is this guarantor given from the zakah?
The Shaykh:
No, he is not a guarantor (kafil); this is a surety (damin). A liability fell upon him because of the surety, and since he is unable to pay, he may be helped from the zakah. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant her success.
The Shaykh:
Bringing a person is when one undertakes to bring him if requested, whereas a surety is a guarantee for what is in the person's debt.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 09-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (58:47)
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