The Ruling on Giving Foreign Workers from Zakah
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Question:
He says: I have foreign workers, a driver, and also a housekeeper. Is it permissible for me to give them from the zakah?
Answer:
If you do not count this as a right they have over you, and you do not boast about it to them, or encourage them by giving them in order to make them eager to work for you, but rather your intention in giving them the zakah is to meet their need, then there is nothing wrong with this. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you and reward you,
He says: I have foreign workers, a driver, and also a housekeeper. Is it permissible for me to give them from the zakah?
Answer:
If you do not count this as a right they have over you, and you do not boast about it to them, or encourage them by giving them in order to make them eager to work for you, but rather your intention in giving them the zakah is to meet their need, then there is nothing wrong with this. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you and reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/194 — archive.org (4:07)
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