Taking from Zakah by a Government Employee
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The questioner:
Is there a question about whether dignity is in Zakah? Is there a question about whether dignity is in Zakah? Who is the one who has a right to take from Zakah?
The Shaykh:
No. The employee who is paid a salary from the public treasury and is sent to work in Zakah does not take anything from Zakah. Rather, the worker who has no salary takes from it. As for the employees of the state who are sent out while they are still employed and are given a secondment, so that they are given a secondment from their original positions, it is not permissible for them to take from Zakah, because they have been given payment for their work by the one in authority. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
Collecting zakah is not among their duties. It is a bad phenomenon that they collect zakah in the mosques without authorization from the one in authority. This is not within their jurisdiction. Okay.
The questioner:
First.
The Shaykh:
No, the worker appointed by the one in authority is the one who does it. Appointing workers is among the duties of the one in authority. Yes.
Is there a question about whether dignity is in Zakah? Is there a question about whether dignity is in Zakah? Who is the one who has a right to take from Zakah?
The Shaykh:
No. The employee who is paid a salary from the public treasury and is sent to work in Zakah does not take anything from Zakah. Rather, the worker who has no salary takes from it. As for the employees of the state who are sent out while they are still employed and are given a secondment, so that they are given a secondment from their original positions, it is not permissible for them to take from Zakah, because they have been given payment for their work by the one in authority. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
Collecting zakah is not among their duties. It is a bad phenomenon that they collect zakah in the mosques without authorization from the one in authority. This is not within their jurisdiction. Okay.
The questioner:
First.
The Shaykh:
No, the worker appointed by the one in authority is the one who does it. Appointing workers is among the duties of the one in authority. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب الزكاة — islamhouse.com (59:39)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.