Giving zakah to one who has a small amount of money that does not meet his needs
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Your Eminence! Regarding zakah, a man has a small salary and spends on three families. Is he eligible for zakah?
Zakah is for the poor person who needs it.For example: This person who spends on three families, as mentioned in the question, may have a large salary of eight hundred riyals. At the present time, eight hundred riyals is nothing for three families. Even if we assume that the house he lives in is owned by him, eight hundred riyals in our current time is not enough for the cost of food, drink, clothing, and other necessities. So, let him take from the zakah only what meets his need and no more. If it turns out that he is self-sufficient with, for example, ten thousand over the course of the year, he should not take more. As long as he is in need, let him take, and there is no blame on him for this.
Zakah is for the poor person who needs it.For example: This person who spends on three families, as mentioned in the question, may have a large salary of eight hundred riyals. At the present time, eight hundred riyals is nothing for three families. Even if we assume that the house he lives in is owned by him, eight hundred riyals in our current time is not enough for the cost of food, drink, clothing, and other necessities. So, let him take from the zakah only what meets his need and no more. If it turns out that he is self-sufficient with, for example, ten thousand over the course of the year, he should not take more. As long as he is in need, let him take, and there is no blame on him for this.