The ruling on giving charity to non-Muslim sanitation workers
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Question:
This questioner asks: Is it permissible to give charity to sanitation workers, knowing that some of them are not Muslim, and some have no religion?
Answer:
Yes. Other than zakah, voluntary charity is given to the needy, even if he is not Muslim. It is given to the needy, even if he is not Muslim, whether he is a Muslim or not. But if there is someone who is needy and is not given from the zakah, but is only given from voluntary charity, this is a matter of excellence (ihsan). Indeed, Allah has prescribed excellence in everything. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner asks: Is it permissible to give charity to sanitation workers, knowing that some of them are not Muslim, and some have no religion?
Answer:
Yes. Other than zakah, voluntary charity is given to the needy, even if he is not Muslim. It is given to the needy, even if he is not Muslim, whether he is a Muslim or not. But if there is someone who is needy and is not given from the zakah, but is only given from voluntary charity, this is a matter of excellence (ihsan). Indeed, Allah has prescribed excellence in everything. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/002 — archive.org (13:01)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.