The Ruling on Giving Zakah to One Who Is Negligent in His Religion
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
This is a Yemeni resident who says: What is the ruling on giving zakah to one who is negligent in his religion, especially when some of that negligence involves certain religious innovations (bid'ah) and laxity?
Answer:
As long as he is a Muslim and poor, he is given from the zakah, along with advising him against sins. He is given while being advised. However, if his sin takes him out of Islam, it is not permissible to give him from the zakah, because zakah is for Muslims. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This is a Yemeni resident who says: What is the ruling on giving zakah to one who is negligent in his religion, especially when some of that negligence involves certain religious innovations (bid'ah) and laxity?
Answer:
As long as he is a Muslim and poor, he is given from the zakah, along with advising him against sins. He is given while being advised. However, if his sin takes him out of Islam, it is not permissible to give him from the zakah, because zakah is for Muslims. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/192 — archive.org (10:02)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.