The Ruling on Giving from Zakah to Workers with Low Salaries
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh, he says: The workers who come to work in these lands, the cleaning workers, the servants in the mosques, and others,
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: The workers who come to work in this country, such as sanitation workers, mosque attendants, and others, it is known that their salaries are low and insufficient. Am I allowed to give from my zakah to those among them whom I know? Yes, if you know that he is a Muslim who is upright and that he is poor, give him from your zakah. Is the zakah for someone like him, for the poor and the needy?
The Shaykh:
So if you know that he is upright in his religion, and that his salary is not sufficient for him, and he has no income that is sufficient for him, then he is entitled to the zakah, even if he is one of the workers. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The Honorable Shaykh, he says: The workers who come to work in these lands, the cleaning workers, the servants in the mosques, and others,
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: The workers who come to work in this country, such as sanitation workers, mosque attendants, and others, it is known that their salaries are low and insufficient. Am I allowed to give from my zakah to those among them whom I know? Yes, if you know that he is a Muslim who is upright and that he is poor, give him from your zakah. Is the zakah for someone like him, for the poor and the needy?
The Shaykh:
So if you know that he is upright in his religion, and that his salary is not sufficient for him, and he has no income that is sufficient for him, then he is entitled to the zakah, even if he is one of the workers. Yes.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 05 — archive.org (58:18)
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