Ruling on paying zakat al-mal to Muslim workers
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is zakat al-mal paid to workers who work under their sponsor?
Answer:
Yes, if they are Muslims. If the workers are Muslim and hold fast to the correct Islam, having no superstitions, no bid'ah (religious innovations), and no newly invented matters, and greater than that, having no shirk (associating partners with Allah), then they are given from the zakat and from voluntary charity. Yes, and their sponsor also gives to them, but he does not count it as part of their wages. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is zakat al-mal paid to workers who work under their sponsor?
Answer:
Yes, if they are Muslims. If the workers are Muslim and hold fast to the correct Islam, having no superstitions, no bid'ah (religious innovations), and no newly invented matters, and greater than that, having no shirk (associating partners with Allah), then they are given from the zakat and from voluntary charity. Yes, and their sponsor also gives to them, but he does not count it as part of their wages. Yes.
Source
حكم دفع الزكاة للعمالة — alfawzan.live
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