The Ruling on Giving Charity to a Smoker Who Abandons Prayer

Question:
Is it permissible to give charity to a person who does not pray and is a smoker, knowing that he is among the poor of the family?

Answer:
The one who does not pray must be advised and commanded to pray until he prays. If he prays, he is given from the zakah. But if he persists in abandoning prayer, zakah is not permissible for him; because he is a disbeliever, and zakah is not lawful for a disbeliever until he repents to Allah. The charities are zakah, and they are only for Muslims, not for apostates, and not for individuals. The one who intentionally abandons prayer becomes an apostate. He is not given from the zakah until he repents to Allah. And whoever gives to him while knowing that he does not pray, his zakah is not valid, and his obligation is not discharged by it; because Allah made the zakah for Muslims. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: meaning the poor of the Muslims.