The ruling on money collected for a specific poor person if he becomes wealthy
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The questioner:
A questioner asks: What is your opinion regarding someone who collected zakah for a specific recipient, and then that person for whom the zakah was collected became wealthy and is no longer eligible for zakah? What should be done with the money that was collected? Should it be distributed to other eligible people, even though it was previously designated for a specific individual, or what?
The Shaykh:
The money should be returned to the owners who gave it to him. He says, "So-and-so, for whom you gave me the money, has become wealthy. He has become wealthy, and zakah is not permissible for him." Then they dispose of it as they see fit. And if they appoint him as a new agent on the condition that he gives it to whoever he sees fit, there is no harm in that.
The questioner:
And if the people are...
The Shaykh:
If the people are... he should give it in charity with the intention of reward for its owners. Yes.
A questioner asks: What is your opinion regarding someone who collected zakah for a specific recipient, and then that person for whom the zakah was collected became wealthy and is no longer eligible for zakah? What should be done with the money that was collected? Should it be distributed to other eligible people, even though it was previously designated for a specific individual, or what?
The Shaykh:
The money should be returned to the owners who gave it to him. He says, "So-and-so, for whom you gave me the money, has become wealthy. He has become wealthy, and zakah is not permissible for him." Then they dispose of it as they see fit. And if they appoint him as a new agent on the condition that he gives it to whoever he sees fit, there is no harm in that.
The questioner:
And if the people are...
The Shaykh:
If the people are... he should give it in charity with the intention of reward for its owners. Yes.
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