What is the difference between the poor and the needy?

Question : He asks: What is the difference between the poor and the needy? And why was one mentioned before the other in the verse? Yes.

Answer : The poor and the needy, if one of them is mentioned alone, they mean the same thing. If both are mentioned, the poor is in a worse state. The scholars said that the poor in the verse of alms is the one who finds less than half of his needs, and the needy is the one who finds half or more but does not find full sufficiency. You can clarify his state with an example: a man whose salary is two thousand and his expenses are three thousand is poor or needy. His salary is one thousand and his expenses are three thousand. His salary is two thousand and his expenses are three thousand; this is poor, poor, because he finds less than half; the salary is two thousand and the expenses are three thousand. More than half, the excess is with you, it is obligatory. Good, if he is needy: a man whose salary is one thousand and his expenses are three thousand is poor. A man whose expenses are one thousand and he has no salary is poor. Yes, this is worse. Good. As for when both are mentioned, each one alone, the needy and the poor are the same.