No share in zakah for the wealthy or the strong earner
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Question: I am a man who works in trade, and every year in the blessed month of Ramadan I give the zakah on the money I have. I have employees who work with me on a monthly salary. Is it permissible for me to give them my zakah that I pay out each year, or should I hand it over to the zakah collectors affiliated with the government, who in turn distribute it to its proper recipients? I know that these employees are among the religious people, as far as I can tell from them, and they are in need of zakah. Is it permissible for me to pay it to them or not? And if I sent it via a check to one of the banks in their country to their families, would that be valid, or is it necessary to pay it out in cash?
Answer: Zakah is a matter of great importance. It is the companion of prayer in the Book of Allah the Exalted, and it is the third pillar of the pillars of Islam. Allah the Exalted specified its recipients Himself and defined them, which indicates its importance and its status in Islam.
As for what you asked about, regarding the ruling on paying it to the employees who work for you, and who, as you mentioned, are people of obedience and people of uprightness, and who are also poor,So the answer is: There is no share in zakah for the wealthy, nor for the strong earner. As long as these employees have the ability to earn and their earnings suffice them, it is not permissible to pay zakah to them, because their ability to earn and their acquisition of what suffices them through their earnings satisfies their need for zakah. So there is no share in zakah for the wealthy, nor for the strong earner.
However, if their earnings do not suffice them and they are in need, there is no harm in paying zakah to them.
And as for what you mentioned regarding writinga check for the amount of zakah to one of the banks to deliver it to the recipient, there is no harm in that. There is no harm in transferring it by check to one of the banks to deliver it to the recipient in his country, and Allah the Exalted knows best.
Answer: Zakah is a matter of great importance. It is the companion of prayer in the Book of Allah the Exalted, and it is the third pillar of the pillars of Islam. Allah the Exalted specified its recipients Himself and defined them, which indicates its importance and its status in Islam.
As for what you asked about, regarding the ruling on paying it to the employees who work for you, and who, as you mentioned, are people of obedience and people of uprightness, and who are also poor,So the answer is: There is no share in zakah for the wealthy, nor for the strong earner. As long as these employees have the ability to earn and their earnings suffice them, it is not permissible to pay zakah to them, because their ability to earn and their acquisition of what suffices them through their earnings satisfies their need for zakah. So there is no share in zakah for the wealthy, nor for the strong earner.
However, if their earnings do not suffice them and they are in need, there is no harm in paying zakah to them.
And as for what you mentioned regarding writinga check for the amount of zakah to one of the banks to deliver it to the recipient, there is no harm in that. There is no harm in transferring it by check to one of the banks to deliver it to the recipient in his country, and Allah the Exalted knows best.