The Ruling on the One Who Abandons Zakah
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is the one who abandons zakah a disbeliever, just as the one who abandons prayer is?
Answer:
If he denies its obligation, then he is a disbeliever. But if he is stingy and withholds it out of stinginess while acknowledging its obligation, then there is no doubt that he is abandoning a pillar of Islam. It is obligatory for him to repent. If he refuses, then the one in authority compels him to pay it and disciplines him for it as much as necessary. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is the one who abandons zakah a disbeliever, just as the one who abandons prayer is?
Answer:
If he denies its obligation, then he is a disbeliever. But if he is stingy and withholds it out of stinginess while acknowledging its obligation, then there is no doubt that he is abandoning a pillar of Islam. It is obligatory for him to repent. If he refuses, then the one in authority compels him to pay it and disciplines him for it as much as necessary. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 676- حكم تارك الزكاة|الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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