Giving Zakah to a Non-Muslim
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to give zakah to a non-Muslim? Is it permissible to give it to a disbeliever?
Answer:
Those whose hearts are to be reconciled are those whose Islam is expected, or whose evil is to be restrained. This is only for the one in authority to give to those whose hearts are to be reconciled. It is not for just anyone to give, saying, "This is reconciliation." Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to give zakah to a non-Muslim? Is it permissible to give it to a disbeliever?
Answer:
Those whose hearts are to be reconciled are those whose Islam is expected, or whose evil is to be restrained. This is only for the one in authority to give to those whose hearts are to be reconciled. It is not for just anyone to give, saying, "This is reconciliation." Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده التي كاد بها الإسلام وأهله : الحيل والمكر والخداع — islamhouse.com (1:05:03)
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