Combining the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) eating a gift but not charity, and repaying a loan from charity
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not eat charity or zakah, but only ate gifts. It also came to us in the chapter on loans that he repaid what he had borrowed by repaying it from charity. He asks: How do you reconcile these two things?
Answer:
The public treasury, my brother, is not the charity from which he eats. It is the charity of the public treasury. Yes, the term “charity” here refers to the public treasury. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. It is reported that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did not eat charity or zakah, but only ate gifts. It also came to us in the chapter on loans that he repaid what he had borrowed by repaying it from charity. He asks: How do you reconcile these two things?
Answer:
The public treasury, my brother, is not the charity from which he eats. It is the charity of the public treasury. Yes, the term “charity” here refers to the public treasury. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-07-1438 هـ — alfawzan.live (43:37)
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