Is it permissible to give the maid in the house from the zakah?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the maid in the house given from the zakah if she is poor and Muslim? A poor Muslim woman, and it is not given to encourage her in the service or to encourage her in the service, but rather it is given for the sake of Allah because she is poor and Muslim. There is nothing wrong with it.
Answer:
But you must be careful that you are not doing it to encourage her to stay with you and to make her more active in serving you; that is not permissible, because her benefit in this returns to you. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the maid in the house given from the zakah if she is poor and Muslim? A poor Muslim woman, and it is not given to encourage her in the service or to encourage her in the service, but rather it is given for the sake of Allah because she is poor and Muslim. There is nothing wrong with it.
Answer:
But you must be careful that you are not doing it to encourage her to stay with you and to make her more active in serving you; that is not permissible, because her benefit in this returns to you. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [707 -2802] هل يجوز إعطاء الخادمة التي في البيت من الزكاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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