Giving zakah to a poor student of knowledge
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Question:
The questioner says: I have a colleague who is a student of knowledge and he is poor. Should I give him from the zakah?
Answer:
There is no doubt that he is the most deserving if he is poor and does not have what suffices him. He is given from the zakah, and this provides additional assistance in seeking knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: I have a colleague who is a student of knowledge and he is poor. Should I give him from the zakah?
Answer:
There is no doubt that he is the most deserving if he is poor and does not have what suffices him. He is given from the zakah, and this provides additional assistance in seeking knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/016 — archive.org (16:16)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.