The Ruling on One Who Prays and Fasts but Does Not Pay Zakah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A person prays and fasts, but he does not pay zakah. Does this act make him a disbeliever?
Answer:
If he denies the zakah and says it is not obligatory, then he is a disbeliever by consensus. But if he withholds it out of stinginess, it is taken from him by force. If he has power and strength, he must be fought over the zakah, just as al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) did with those who withheld the zakah. If he has power, strength, and fortification, he is fought until the zakah is taken from him. But if he has no power, it is taken from him by force, and he is disciplined and punished for it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A person prays and fasts, but he does not pay zakah. Does this act make him a disbeliever?
Answer:
If he denies the zakah and says it is not obligatory, then he is a disbeliever by consensus. But if he withholds it out of stinginess, it is taken from him by force. If he has power and strength, he must be fought over the zakah, just as al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) did with those who withheld the zakah. If he has power, strength, and fortification, he is fought until the zakah is taken from him. But if he has no power, it is taken from him by force, and he is disciplined and punished for it.
Source
شرح كتاب فتح المجيد في شرح كتاب التوحيد [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب : تفسير التوحيد وشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله - 1 — islamhouse.com (1:10:09)
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