Is it permissible to support the people of Dammaj against the Rafidah with money and to give them zakah to purchase weapons?

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this question is close to yesterday’s question. He says: It is not hidden from your knowledge, may Allah preserve you, what the people of the Sunnah in Sa’adah are going through, namely the siege by the Rafidah for more than forty days. What? What the people of the Sunnah in Sa’adah are going through, yes, the siege by the Rafidah for more than forty days, until they ate everything they had and their children died in this land. They are in a state that none knows except Allah. Also, they are being struck by tanks by the Rafidah. The questioner says, may Allah preserve you: They have called for help from those around them, but no one responded to them. Is it permissible to support them? With money and from zakah to buy weapons and defend themselves.

The Shaykh:
Yes, zakah is for the needy and the poor, there is no doubt. So if they have reached any level of need, there is no doubt, zakah is for them.

The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.

The Shaykh:
But what is happening, has happened and happens, is due to the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), may Allah protect us from it, due to the fitnah and rebelling against the rulers. Breaking the bond of obedience is what causes all these matters, all these calamities, and the enemy’s dominance and entry. It is all due to the split and the dispute, breaking the bond of obedience, yes.