The ruling on giving zakah to an employee whose salary is insufficient for his needs
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Question:
I have zakah on gold, and I have a colleague whose salary does not cover his needs. He has suffered from kidney failure, went to India, and had a kidney transplant, which cost him a great deal of money. He has debts, and he is supporting his father, mother, wife, and son, and paying the rent for his own home and his father’s home. May I give him this zakah?
Answer:
Yes, you may give him this zakah. An employee whose salary is insufficient for his needs is given from the zakah, even if he is an employee with a salary. If his salary does not cover his expenses, or if it covers his expenses but he has debts and cannot pay them off, then you give him from the zakah what suffices his need, or what helps him meet his need; because he is among those who are entitled to it.
I have zakah on gold, and I have a colleague whose salary does not cover his needs. He has suffered from kidney failure, went to India, and had a kidney transplant, which cost him a great deal of money. He has debts, and he is supporting his father, mother, wife, and son, and paying the rent for his own home and his father’s home. May I give him this zakah?
Answer:
Yes, you may give him this zakah. An employee whose salary is insufficient for his needs is given from the zakah, even if he is an employee with a salary. If his salary does not cover his expenses, or if it covers his expenses but he has debts and cannot pay them off, then you give him from the zakah what suffices his need, or what helps him meet his need; because he is among those who are entitled to it.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - ٣ — archive.org (1:26:36)
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