The necks are of four types: a slave, a mukatab, a Muslim captive, and one kidnapped by a group of wrongdoers
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The Shaykh : What are the necks?
The necks are three things: a slave whom we buy from zakah to free him, a mukatab who has a debt established against him to his master, so we help him with his debt, and a Muslim captive among the disbelievers whom we ransom with money from zakah. One kidnapped by a group of wrongdoers who kidnapped him and demanded a ransom; we ransom him from zakah. So it became four. It became four. I will repeat the necks a second time: a slave whom we buy and free, a mukatab whom we help in paying off the debt of his contract, a Muslim captive among the disbelievers, and one kidnapped by wrongdoers. So all of these we ransom from zakah. As for the slave whom we buy to free him, I think it is not hidden from you. No, what is the slave whom we buy to free him? It means a slave with his master. We told him, "Free the slave, and you will get the reward." He said, "No, I need the money." We give him from zakah in order to buy the slave and then free him. A mukatab whom we help in paying off the debt of his contract. What is a mukatab? Listen:[An-Nur 24:33] So if the slave asks his master to free him for a sum of money, and the master agrees and says, "I have contracted you on the condition that you pay me such and such amount of money," we call this a mukatab. So we give this mukatab from the money what helps him in paying off the debt of his contract from zakah. The Muslim captive among the disbelievers is like when there is fighting between a group of Muslims and a group of disbelievers, and they capture one of the Muslims with them and say, "We will not give you this captive except for money." It is permissible for us to give these disbelievers from zakah for the release of the captive, because we thereby freed a neck. And likewise, the person kidnapped by wrongdoers whom we cannot rescue from them; they say, "We will not release him except for a ransom of money." In this case, we give him from zakah to release this kidnapped person.
The necks are three things: a slave whom we buy from zakah to free him, a mukatab who has a debt established against him to his master, so we help him with his debt, and a Muslim captive among the disbelievers whom we ransom with money from zakah. One kidnapped by a group of wrongdoers who kidnapped him and demanded a ransom; we ransom him from zakah. So it became four. It became four. I will repeat the necks a second time: a slave whom we buy and free, a mukatab whom we help in paying off the debt of his contract, a Muslim captive among the disbelievers, and one kidnapped by wrongdoers. So all of these we ransom from zakah. As for the slave whom we buy to free him, I think it is not hidden from you. No, what is the slave whom we buy to free him? It means a slave with his master. We told him, "Free the slave, and you will get the reward." He said, "No, I need the money." We give him from zakah in order to buy the slave and then free him. A mukatab whom we help in paying off the debt of his contract. What is a mukatab? Listen: