The ruling on giving zakah to a poor person without informing him that it is zakah
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the ruling on a person giving zakah without informing the recipient that it is zakah, when the recipient is a poor man who is modest?
Answer:
If you know that he is poor, give it to him, unless you know that he does not accept zakah, in which case you must inform him that it is zakah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: What is the ruling on a person giving zakah without informing the recipient that it is zakah, when the recipient is a poor man who is modest?
Answer:
If you know that he is poor, give it to him, unless you know that he does not accept zakah, in which case you must inform him that it is zakah. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من كتاب الزكاة : باب الحث عليها والتشديد في منعها — islamhouse.com (55:25)
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