Who are the recipients of charity, and to whom is it distributed?
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The questioner :
Who are the recipients of this charity, and to whom is it distributed?
The Shaykh :
It is for the poor, as stated in the previous hadith: "It is a purification for the fasting person from idle talk and obscenity, and food for the poor."
And the poor in the terminology of the Shari'ah is broader than the needy. The poor person may be a worker, or a craftsman, meaning he is covered.
His livelihood is provided for him every day, his day and his month, but he is poor. So this charity is given to him. And I say, from another perspective,
if he is well-off within the limits of his family, he also pays the zakah of himself. So the one to whom it is given is
the poor, let alone the needy.
Who are the recipients of this charity, and to whom is it distributed?
The Shaykh :
It is for the poor, as stated in the previous hadith: "It is a purification for the fasting person from idle talk and obscenity, and food for the poor."
And the poor in the terminology of the Shari'ah is broader than the needy. The poor person may be a worker, or a craftsman, meaning he is covered.
His livelihood is provided for him every day, his day and his month, but he is poor. So this charity is given to him. And I say, from another perspective,
if he is well-off within the limits of his family, he also pays the zakah of himself. So the one to whom it is given is
the poor, let alone the needy.
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