Those Whose Hearts Are to Be Reconciled, the Cause of Allah, and the Disbursement of Zakah to the One in Authority
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The questioner:
Or between what? Is it possible that it would benefit you from the category of those whose hearts are to be reconciled? By the release of some states in a treaty with the people of Islam, or the best assistance in some of the weak states among the people of Islam, to hold the religion, and that it is possible that it would benefit you from the category of the cause of Allah for the leaders of the armies and the Islamic strongholds in the world, and that is from the cause of Allah in the Islamic states.
The Shaykh:
This is a long question, the first paragraph
The questioner:
Is it possible to open the known positions of their graves by issuing a company or state? Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible, it is permissible to give zakah to a disbeliever to ward off his evil from the Muslims, because he is given from the zakah to pay off his evil if his evil is feared upon the Muslims, and likewise if his Islam or the Islam of his like is hoped for, he is given to reconcile him to Islam. Or if he is weak in faith, a recent convert to Islam, weak in faith, and it is feared that if he is given from the zakah he will apostatize or the religion will become lax for him, he is given until his faith is strengthened. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to reconcile those weak in faith, giving them, and forbidding the people who had strong faith from being given, because no relapse is feared for them, and he left them to their faith.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And the rest of the question.
The questioner:
Is it possible to include in the cause of Allah? On the level of the leader of the Islamic women in the world, and likewise the defense budget in the Islamic states.
The Shaykh:
As for giving to centers or associations, or building mosques or schools, all of this is not permissible from the zakah, because the meaning of the cause of Allah is the mujahideen who have no salaries, the volunteer mujahideen who have no salaries from the public treasury, these are given from the zakah, but if they have salaries from the public treasury, they are not given from the zakah, their salaries suffice them, so the cause of Allah is intended to be jihad, and they are the volunteer raiders who have no register, meaning they have no salaries, ahm. Is the question finished? No, there is that.
The questioner:
Is providing assistance for some other matters,
The Shaykh:
We have answered this, we said if he is weak in faith and it is feared for him of apostasy, then he is given to strengthen his faith, yes.
The questioner:
So it is possible to pay the source in the cause of Allah.
The Shaykh:
We have answered this, another question.
The questioner:
And in the aspect of the budget in some Islamic states.
The Shaykh:
If there are no resources for the public treasury, if the public treasury has no resources, it is permissible for the one in authority to take the zakah and arrange it for the mujahideen, paying their salaries from it, but if the public treasury has resources that suffice it, then he does not take the zakah, but if the one in authority requests it, it is obligatory for the people of zakah to pay it, obedience to the one in authority, and it becomes in his debt, it becomes in his debt and they do not refuse, if the one in authority requests it, it is paid to him, and as for its disbursement, it is on his responsibility.
Or between what? Is it possible that it would benefit you from the category of those whose hearts are to be reconciled? By the release of some states in a treaty with the people of Islam, or the best assistance in some of the weak states among the people of Islam, to hold the religion, and that it is possible that it would benefit you from the category of the cause of Allah for the leaders of the armies and the Islamic strongholds in the world, and that is from the cause of Allah in the Islamic states.
The Shaykh:
This is a long question, the first paragraph
The questioner:
Is it possible to open the known positions of their graves by issuing a company or state? Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes, it is permissible, it is permissible to give zakah to a disbeliever to ward off his evil from the Muslims, because he is given from the zakah to pay off his evil if his evil is feared upon the Muslims, and likewise if his Islam or the Islam of his like is hoped for, he is given to reconcile him to Islam. Or if he is weak in faith, a recent convert to Islam, weak in faith, and it is feared that if he is given from the zakah he will apostatize or the religion will become lax for him, he is given until his faith is strengthened. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to reconcile those weak in faith, giving them, and forbidding the people who had strong faith from being given, because no relapse is feared for them, and he left them to their faith.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
And the rest of the question.
The questioner:
Is it possible to include in the cause of Allah? On the level of the leader of the Islamic women in the world, and likewise the defense budget in the Islamic states.
The Shaykh:
As for giving to centers or associations, or building mosques or schools, all of this is not permissible from the zakah, because the meaning of the cause of Allah is the mujahideen who have no salaries, the volunteer mujahideen who have no salaries from the public treasury, these are given from the zakah, but if they have salaries from the public treasury, they are not given from the zakah, their salaries suffice them, so the cause of Allah is intended to be jihad, and they are the volunteer raiders who have no register, meaning they have no salaries, ahm. Is the question finished? No, there is that.
The questioner:
Is providing assistance for some other matters,
The Shaykh:
We have answered this, we said if he is weak in faith and it is feared for him of apostasy, then he is given to strengthen his faith, yes.
The questioner:
So it is possible to pay the source in the cause of Allah.
The Shaykh:
We have answered this, another question.
The questioner:
And in the aspect of the budget in some Islamic states.
The Shaykh:
If there are no resources for the public treasury, if the public treasury has no resources, it is permissible for the one in authority to take the zakah and arrange it for the mujahideen, paying their salaries from it, but if the public treasury has resources that suffice it, then he does not take the zakah, but if the one in authority requests it, it is obligatory for the people of zakah to pay it, obedience to the one in authority, and it becomes in his debt, it becomes in his debt and they do not refuse, if the one in authority requests it, it is paid to him, and as for its disbursement, it is on his responsibility.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب الزكاة — islamhouse.com (48:26)
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