In the streets, there are people who ask and request zakah. Is it permissible for me to give them from my zakah?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the streets and at the traffic lights, there are people who ask and request zakah. Is it permissible for me to give them from my zakah, or must I verify their status?
The Shaykh:
If you do not know that he is a liar, you give him based on his apparent condition[Al-Ma'arij 70:24-25]. This questioner, if you do not know that he is a liar, you give him, and it remains a debt on him. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The apparent condition, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In the streets and at the traffic lights, there are people who ask and request zakah. Is it permissible for me to give them from my zakah, or must I verify their status?
The Shaykh:
If you do not know that he is a liar, you give him based on his apparent condition
within whose wealth is a known right (25) For the petitioner and the deprived -
فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِThe presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
The apparent condition, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [991 -3022] في الشوارع هناك من يسأل ويطلب الزكاة فهل لي أن أعطيهم من الزكاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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