Accepting help from neighbors and whether one must ask about its type
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Sometimes some of my neighbors give me financial or material assistance. Am I required to ask the person giving it to me whether this assistance is from zakah, or is it voluntary charity? Or am I required to inform him that I am not in need? Sometimes some of my neighbors give me financial or material assistance. Am I required to ask the person giving it to me whether this is from zakah or is it voluntary charity? And am I required to inform him that I am not in need?
Answer:
If you are in need, take it and do not ask. If you are not in need, do not take it; say, "I do not need it, and may Allah reward you with good. I do not need anything." Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Sometimes some of my neighbors give me financial or material assistance. Am I required to ask the person giving it to me whether this assistance is from zakah, or is it voluntary charity? Or am I required to inform him that I am not in need? Sometimes some of my neighbors give me financial or material assistance. Am I required to ask the person giving it to me whether this is from zakah or is it voluntary charity? And am I required to inform him that I am not in need?
Answer:
If you are in need, take it and do not ask. If you are not in need, do not take it; say, "I do not need it, and may Allah reward you with good. I do not need anything." Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في إقطاع المعادن — islamhouse.com (1:05:52)
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