What is the criterion for the poor of the Haram to whom the fidyah is paid?
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Question:
One of the pilgrims from outside the Kingdom tasked me with slaughtering a fidyah on her behalf in Makkah and distributing it to the poor, as she did not stay overnight in Mina during the days of Tashriq. Today, I went to the market and slaughtered a lamb for her. However, after I had slaughtered it—or rather, after the butcher slaughtered it in front of me, saying "Bismillah, Allahu Akbar"—I said, "O Allah, this is her fidyah, fulfilling the trust I was tasked with." After distributing the meat in bags to take to the poor, the following happened: a group of expatriates rushed at me and took the meat, claiming that they reside in Makkah. But some people told me that these people do not maintain their prayers. What is the ruling? Four bags remained in the cardboard box, which I brought back and gave to some of the women begging around the Haram. Is my obligation discharged?
Answer:
Yes, it is the hady for leaving an obligatory act. The hady of compensation is for the poor of the Haram or those who come to it, the poor who arrive there. Anyone who is poor and is in the Haram, whether he resides in Makkah or comes to it from afar, all of them are entitled to the meat of the hady. As long as they took it and poverty and need are apparent on them, that is sufficient, if Allah wills.
One of the pilgrims from outside the Kingdom tasked me with slaughtering a fidyah on her behalf in Makkah and distributing it to the poor, as she did not stay overnight in Mina during the days of Tashriq. Today, I went to the market and slaughtered a lamb for her. However, after I had slaughtered it—or rather, after the butcher slaughtered it in front of me, saying "Bismillah, Allahu Akbar"—I said, "O Allah, this is her fidyah, fulfilling the trust I was tasked with." After distributing the meat in bags to take to the poor, the following happened: a group of expatriates rushed at me and took the meat, claiming that they reside in Makkah. But some people told me that these people do not maintain their prayers. What is the ruling? Four bags remained in the cardboard box, which I brought back and gave to some of the women begging around the Haram. Is my obligation discharged?
Answer:
Yes, it is the hady for leaving an obligatory act. The hady of compensation is for the poor of the Haram or those who come to it, the poor who arrive there. Anyone who is poor and is in the Haram, whether he resides in Makkah or comes to it from afar, all of them are entitled to the meat of the hady. As long as they took it and poverty and need are apparent on them, that is sufficient, if Allah wills.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما ضابط فقراء الحرم الذين تُدفع لهم الفدية؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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