The Meaning of the Beggar and the Deprived in the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "And in their wealth is a known right"
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Abu Ibrahim asks at the beginning of this meeting about the meaning of the noble verse in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'arij 70:24-25] Who is the beggar and who is the deprived?
The Shaykh:
Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The known right is the zakah that Allah made obligatory in the wealth of the rich as a right for the poor. The beggar is well known; he is the one who asks and requests that people give to him, so he has a right. As for the deprived, it was said that he is the one who does not ask, who is too modest to ask, so he is deprived. It was also said that the deprived is the one who was struck by a calamity that swept away his wealth; he had wealth and was rich, then a calamity struck that swept away his wealth, so he became poor.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Abu Ibrahim asks at the beginning of this meeting about the meaning of the noble verse in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
(24) And those within whose wealth is a known right (25) For the petitioner and the deprived -
وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَّعْلُومٌ لِّلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِThe Shaykh:
Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The known right is the zakah that Allah made obligatory in the wealth of the rich as a right for the poor. The beggar is well known; he is the one who asks and requests that people give to him, so he has a right. As for the deprived, it was said that he is the one who does not ask, who is too modest to ask, so he is deprived. It was also said that the deprived is the one who was struck by a calamity that swept away his wealth; he had wealth and was rich, then a calamity struck that swept away his wealth, so he became poor.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 248 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:56)
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