Charity and Zakah for the Needy Members of the Prophet's Household
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, he says: Is it permissible to give voluntary charity to the needy among the Prophet’s family in this time? There are people among them in pressing need of assistance, and they have no other source of income.
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with giving them zakah, but it is better to give them voluntary charity. If they are in dire necessity, it is permissible to give them zakah, just as Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if they are in dire necessity, there is nothing wrong with it. However, whenever it is possible to give them from other than zakah, that is preferable. But if they are in dire necessity, it is like eating carrion out of dire necessity.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, he says: Is it permissible to give voluntary charity to the needy among the Prophet’s family in this time? There are people among them in pressing need of assistance, and they have no other source of income.
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with giving them zakah, but it is better to give them voluntary charity. If they are in dire necessity, it is permissible to give them zakah, just as Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if they are in dire necessity, there is nothing wrong with it. However, whenever it is possible to give them from other than zakah, that is preferable. But if they are in dire necessity, it is like eating carrion out of dire necessity.
Source
لقاءات لابن باز - لقاء مع إخوة في الله - ابن باز - ١ — archive.org (1:17:30)
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