What is the ruling if a person pays his zakah to one person, and we said that it is obligatory to pay it to three?

The questioner : And among them is if he pays his zakah to one person, and we said that it is obligatory to pay it to three, does he guarantee the two-thirds, or what the name falls upon, on two views?

The Shaykh : Or what falls upon.

The questioner : Or.

The Shaykh : Yes, or what.

The questioner : And what does that mean?

The Shaykh : Except on two views. The first view is that he guarantees what the name falls upon, and the second view is that he guarantees the two-thirds. An example of that is: my zakah is three hundred riyals, and I paid it to one poor person. I paid it to one poor person. If we say that it must be paid to three, because the minimum of the plural is three, and Allah says , so the minimum of the plural is three, and it must be paid to three poor people. I paid three hundred to one, that was my intention. So do I guarantee two hundred for the second and the third, or do I guarantee the minimum that the name falls upon? If we say the minimum that the name falls upon, it means that I guarantee one riyal for each person, because the minimum that the name falls upon is one riyal. And if we say he guarantees the two-thirds, I give each person one hundred. The correct view in this issue is that the zakah is sufficient when paid to one poor person, based on the hadith of Qabisa: "Stay with us until the charity comes, and we will order it for you." Yes.