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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Informing the recipient that the money paid to him is zakah

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Question:
This questioner, may Allah preserve you, says: If a person gives his zakah to the one who is entitled to it, should he inform him that it is zakah?

Answer:
If he knows that the person is in need, or if it is most likely in his opinion that the person is in need, there is no need for him to withhold it. However, if he knows that the person to whom it is being given does not accept zakah and is too modest to take it, then he should make it clear to him, saying, "It is zakah," so that he does not deceive him or make him think it is something else. Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/195 — archive.org (2:43)

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