Is it permissible to transfer zakah from the country of the one paying it to another country?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. In a second question, he asks: Is it permissible to pay it outside the area where I work, since my birthplace is in one place and my permanent workplace is in another?
Answer:
Zakah is paid out to the poor of the country; this is the default, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 19a So as long as there are poor people in the country who need it, they are more deserving of it, more deserving of it than others. And if there are no poor people in the country, or if there are poor people but there are those in another place who are poorer than them, then it is permissible to transfer it in these two cases. Yes.
May Allah reward you. In a second question, he asks: Is it permissible to pay it outside the area where I work, since my birthplace is in one place and my permanent workplace is in another?
Answer:
Zakah is paid out to the poor of the country; this is the default, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
then tell them that Allah has made Zakat obligatory for them that it should be collected from the rich and distributed among the poor
فأعلمهم أن الله افترض عليهم صدقة تؤخذ من أغنيائهم فترد في فقرائهم،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5674- هل يجوز نقل الزكاة من بلد المزكي إلى بلد آخر ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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