Purchasing slaves with zakah funds for the purpose of freeing them
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a man to purchase a slave with zakah funds in order to free him?
Answer:
Yes, slaves are to be freed from it. In the category of "neck" (slaves), meaning the slaves, they are freed from the zakah.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a man to purchase a slave with zakah funds in order to free him?
Answer:
Yes, slaves are to be freed from it. In the category of "neck" (slaves), meaning the slaves, they are freed from the zakah.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 16-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (57:43)
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