The Meaning of Fiqh in Zakah
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The questioner : We come to zakah. Is the intended purpose of zakah merely benefiting the poor, or not? The one who says no, look at Abu, let us test, come on, get up, and what is the most important purpose of zakah? It is purification.
The Shaykh : Certainly, what?
The questioner : The good of the person.
The Shaykh : He wants to take from you.
The questioner : Fine, it is in his heart.
The Shaykh : There is no harm, this is part of its fiqh, that you know that zakah is intended to purify the person,[At-Tawbah 9:103], and it did not say that the poor person is helped by it. From zakah is this: it purifies morals, it purifies deeds, it purifies wealth. For this reason, it came in the hadith: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2029Sahih (Darussalam) people.
Most people see that the intended purpose is benefiting the poor, and for this reason you find him giving zakah reluctantly. It is necessary to understand that zakah is a praise of Allah and worship of Allah and a sign of love for Allah, because wealth is beloved to souls, and the beloved is not exchanged except for something more beloved, is it not? Wealth is beloved, and is it beloved to the souls?
[Al-Fajr 89:20] [Al-'Adiyat 100:8] Any wealth for the severe? It is not possible for a person to give something he loves except for what he loves more. So the giving of zakah is a sign of the person’s love for Allah. If we feel this, does a person find difficulty in giving his zakah? The answer is no.
And if we feel that, some people will not try to escape from zakah, because some people now come and ask questions to escape from zakah, hoping that you will tell them that there is no zakah in this wealth. So one reads,
The Shaykh : Certainly, what?
The questioner : The good of the person.
The Shaykh : He wants to take from you.
The questioner : Fine, it is in his heart.
The Shaykh : There is no harm, this is part of its fiqh, that you know that zakah is intended to purify the person,
Take, [O, Muhammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them increase
خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَاCharity does not diminish
ما نقصت صدقة منMost people see that the intended purpose is benefiting the poor, and for this reason you find him giving zakah reluctantly. It is necessary to understand that zakah is a praise of Allah and worship of Allah and a sign of love for Allah, because wealth is beloved to souls, and the beloved is not exchanged except for something more beloved, is it not? Wealth is beloved, and is it beloved to the souls?
And you love wealth with immense love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّاAnd indeed he is, in love of wealth
وَإِنَّهُ لِحُبِّ الْخَيْرِAnd if we feel that, some people will not try to escape from zakah, because some people now come and ask questions to escape from zakah, hoping that you will tell them that there is no zakah in this wealth. So one reads,
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [45] معنى الفقه في الزكاة - فوائد الخطب والمحاضرات - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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