The questioner says: I am a woman whose husband has passed away. I have seven children. He left me a sum of forty thousand shillings, which I take from when I need it, and my monthly pension.
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The questioner : She says in this question: I am a woman whose husband has passed away. I have seven children. He left me a sum of forty thousand shillings, which I take from when I need it, and my monthly pension, which I receive every month and amounts to five hundred shillings. Is it permissible for me to take what is given to me from the zakah funds that are distributed among people, and who are the poor for whom charity is obligatory?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. As long as the money left by the deceased and the salary you receive are sufficient for your maintenance and the maintenance of your children, it is not permissible for you to take from the zakah, because the zakah has specific recipients designated by the text of the Qur'an.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh :[At-Tawbah 9:60] .
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If this woman has what is sufficient for her and her children for their maintenance, including food, drink, clothing, and shelter, then they have no need to take from the zakah, so it is not permissible for them to take from it. Those for whom zakah is obligatory are the poor who do not find what is sufficient for them for a year.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As stated by the scholars, if a person has what is sufficient for him for a year, whether in present cash, a continuous profession, or a fixed income, then it is not permissible for him to take from the zakah at that time.
The questioner : Yes.
Her other question concerns Hajj. She says:
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. As long as the money left by the deceased and the salary you receive are sufficient for your maintenance and the maintenance of your children, it is not permissible for you to take from the zakah, because the zakah has specific recipients designated by the text of the Qur'an.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh :
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect [zakah] and for bringing hearts together [for Islam] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allah and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allah. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.
إنما الصدقات للفقراء والمساكين والعاملين عليها والمؤلفة قلوبهم وفي الرقاب والغارمين وفي سبيل الله وابن السبيل فريضة من الله والله عليم حكيمThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If this woman has what is sufficient for her and her children for their maintenance, including food, drink, clothing, and shelter, then they have no need to take from the zakah, so it is not permissible for them to take from it. Those for whom zakah is obligatory are the poor who do not find what is sufficient for them for a year.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : As stated by the scholars, if a person has what is sufficient for him for a year, whether in present cash, a continuous profession, or a fixed income, then it is not permissible for him to take from the zakah at that time.
The questioner : Yes.
Her other question concerns Hajj. She says: