Is it permissible for the People of the House to accept charity and benefit from public charity?
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Question:
The questioner says: Is it permissible to give charity to the People of the House of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? And does this include their drinking from the water distributed in the mosques, and sitting on the chairs in the mosques, and so on?
Answer:
I mean, who says that they are expelled from the Sacred Mosque and from the chairs? They are not given zakah, for zakah is forbidden to them. As for eating with people as guests and drinking from the water, there is no harm in that. Yes.
The questioner says: Is it permissible to give charity to the People of the House of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? And does this include their drinking from the water distributed in the mosques, and sitting on the chairs in the mosques, and so on?
Answer:
I mean, who says that they are expelled from the Sacred Mosque and from the chairs? They are not given zakah, for zakah is forbidden to them. As for eating with people as guests and drinking from the water, there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز لآل البيت تقبل الصدقة والانتفاع بالصدقات العامة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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