Should a young man about to get married be given from the zakah?
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Question : Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. Now, I have heard two questions. The questioner says: Shaykh, is a young man about to get married given from the zakah?
Answer : Yes, the zakah is permissible for anyone who needs it for something lawful for him. So if a man is about to get married and does not have what is sufficient for the mahr, he is given from the zakah what is sufficient for the mahr and the expenses of the marriage, because he is in need. And Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:60] If someone were to say, how do you permit him to take the zakah to delay his marriage, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “O young men,” Sunan Ibn Majah 1845Sahih (Darussalam) He did not say, “Whoever cannot afford it, let him take from the zakah.” The answer is that we say: We do not order him, if he cannot afford it, to ask people. But if he is given from the zakah, there is no harm, because he falls under the general meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: [At-Tawbah 9:60] If someone were to say, then do you permit a person to ask for the zakah for the sake of marriage?
The answer is yes, we permit him to do so, even though patience is better. But there is no harm in asking, because he is asking for what Allah has made lawful for him, and asking for what is lawful is lawful. As for if he is asking from someone who has money to help with the marriage, there is no doubt in its permissibility. He goes to the one who has this money for marriage assistance and says that he wants to get married. Because this asking is not asking to relieve a need, but it is asking to inform that he is among those who deserve this money. And it is not possible to reach the assistance to the one who wants to get married except by such a means, because a person does not know who is the one who wants to get married. Yes.
Answer : Yes, the zakah is permissible for anyone who needs it for something lawful for him. So if a man is about to get married and does not have what is sufficient for the mahr, he is given from the zakah what is sufficient for the mahr and the expenses of the marriage, because he is in need. And Allah the Exalted said:
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِمِينَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِwhoever among you can afford it, let him get married, for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding one's chastity. Whoever cannot afford it, let him fast, for it will diminish his desire.
من استطاع منكم الباءة فليتزوج فإنه أغض للبصر وأحصن للفرج ومن لم يستطع فعليه بالصوم فإنه له وجاءZakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allah. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ وَالْمَسَاكِينِ وَالْعَامِلِينَ عَلَيْهَا وَالْمُؤَلَّفَةِ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَفِي الرِّقَابِ وَالْغَارِمِينَ وَفِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَابْنِ السَّبِيلِ فَرِيضَةً مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌThe answer is yes, we permit him to do so, even though patience is better. But there is no harm in asking, because he is asking for what Allah has made lawful for him, and asking for what is lawful is lawful. As for if he is asking from someone who has money to help with the marriage, there is no doubt in its permissibility. He goes to the one who has this money for marriage assistance and says that he wants to get married. Because this asking is not asking to relieve a need, but it is asking to inform that he is among those who deserve this money. And it is not possible to reach the assistance to the one who wants to get married except by such a means, because a person does not know who is the one who wants to get married. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 887- الشاب المقبل على الزواج هل يعطى من الزكاة؟/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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