Purchasing food items from zakah and giving them to the poor
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible for me to purchase food items from the zakah money and then give them to the poor?
Answer:
No. If the poor person is not good at managing things and you fear he will waste them in a way that is not beneficial, you buy his necessities from the zakah and give them to him. Yes. But if he is a person who is good at managing things, give him the money and he will spend it on his necessities. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: Is it permissible for me to purchase food items from the zakah money and then give them to the poor?
Answer:
No. If the poor person is not good at managing things and you fear he will waste them in a way that is not beneficial, you buy his necessities from the zakah and give them to him. Yes. But if he is a person who is good at managing things, give him the money and he will spend it on his necessities. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 09-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:07:57)
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