The Ruling on Giving Zakah to the Shaykh of the Tribe
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Question:
The listener al-Hasan al-Zayd has a remaining question. He says: Is it permissible to give zakah to the shaykh of the tribe for receiving guests and paying blood money, and because he knows the condition of the weak among them, without informing him that it is zakah?
Answer:
You must inform him that it is zakah. If you trust him, this falls under the category of agency; you give it to him and he spends it in its proper channels. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
The listener al-Hasan al-Zayd has a remaining question. He says: Is it permissible to give zakah to the shaykh of the tribe for receiving guests and paying blood money, and because he knows the condition of the weak among them, without informing him that it is zakah?
Answer:
You must inform him that it is zakah. If you trust him, this falls under the category of agency; you give it to him and he spends it in its proper channels. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7487 — youtube.com (12:28)
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