The ruling on giving zakah to a poor person who is negligent in prayer
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on giving zakah to a poor person who is negligent in performing the prayer?
Answer:
Do you advise him regarding the prayer, or regarding the congregational prayer? If he is negligent about some of the obligatory prayers and does not perform them, he is a disbeliever, and zakah is not permissible for him, because he abandoned the prayer intentionally. But if he prays, yet he leaves off the congregational prayer, then he is one who has abandoned an obligatory duty and is a sinner against Allah and His Messenger, but he is given [the zakah] along with advice. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on giving zakah to a poor person who is negligent in performing the prayer?
Answer:
Do you advise him regarding the prayer, or regarding the congregational prayer? If he is negligent about some of the obligatory prayers and does not perform them, he is a disbeliever, and zakah is not permissible for him, because he abandoned the prayer intentionally. But if he prays, yet he leaves off the congregational prayer, then he is one who has abandoned an obligatory duty and is a sinner against Allah and His Messenger, but he is given [the zakah] along with advice. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ارتياد المكان الرخو وما يكره التخلي فيه — islamhouse.com (1:03:50)
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