The ruling on spending zakah of money held in trust for a recipient other than the specified eligible person
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The questioner:
The questioner says: I was carrying with me the zakah of money held in trust. I wanted to pay it to its eligible recipient, but a car fire accident happened to one of the neighbors who is in financial distress. So, I and some of the neighbors paid him a sum of money, and I forgot about the zakah. Is it permissible for me to count it from the zakah?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
He says: I was carrying with me the zakah of money held in trust.
The Shaykh:
The zakah of his money.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner:
Free.
The Shaykh:
One person gives the zakah, he pays it.
The presenter:
Welcome.
The Shaykh:
Something, he says the question.
The questioner:
I was carrying with me the zakah of money held in trust, I wanted.
The Shaykh:
He says money.
The questioner:
Yes, it is in trust, O Shaykh.
The presenter:
Thank you.
The Shaykh:
He did not say my money.
The presenter:
No, he did not say it is known.
The Shaykh:
It is possible that it is the zakah of his money, and it is possible that it is the zakah of another person. In any case, if the zakah he has with him is from another person and he is carrying it with the intention of giving it, he must give it to the one it was spent for, and he does not pay it to another person except with the permission of its owner. If he carried this money and said, "Give it to so-and-so," then he must give it to so-and-so, and he does not give it to another person except with the permission of the owner of the zakah. As for your own zakah, if you intended to give it to someone and you found someone more in need, you deviate, you deviate, yes.
The questioner:
And if he generalizes, O Shaykh, yes, if he generalizes to its eligible recipient, he says, "Give it to the eligible one," with where?
The Shaykh:
If he says, "At your discretion," if he says, "Take this zakah and spend it at your discretion on whom you see as eligible, there is no harm. But if he says, "Give it to so-and-so," no, he does not dispose of it.
The questioner says: I was carrying with me the zakah of money held in trust. I wanted to pay it to its eligible recipient, but a car fire accident happened to one of the neighbors who is in financial distress. So, I and some of the neighbors paid him a sum of money, and I forgot about the zakah. Is it permissible for me to count it from the zakah?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
He says: I was carrying with me the zakah of money held in trust.
The Shaykh:
The zakah of his money.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner:
Free.
The Shaykh:
One person gives the zakah, he pays it.
The presenter:
Welcome.
The Shaykh:
Something, he says the question.
The questioner:
I was carrying with me the zakah of money held in trust, I wanted.
The Shaykh:
He says money.
The questioner:
Yes, it is in trust, O Shaykh.
The presenter:
Thank you.
The Shaykh:
He did not say my money.
The presenter:
No, he did not say it is known.
The Shaykh:
It is possible that it is the zakah of his money, and it is possible that it is the zakah of another person. In any case, if the zakah he has with him is from another person and he is carrying it with the intention of giving it, he must give it to the one it was spent for, and he does not pay it to another person except with the permission of its owner. If he carried this money and said, "Give it to so-and-so," then he must give it to so-and-so, and he does not give it to another person except with the permission of the owner of the zakah. As for your own zakah, if you intended to give it to someone and you found someone more in need, you deviate, you deviate, yes.
The questioner:
And if he generalizes, O Shaykh, yes, if he generalizes to its eligible recipient, he says, "Give it to the eligible one," with where?
The Shaykh:
If he says, "At your discretion," if he says, "Take this zakah and spend it at your discretion on whom you see as eligible, there is no harm. But if he says, "Give it to so-and-so," no, he does not dispose of it.
Source
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