And from another angle, my brother, I am concerned to know what the view is of those whom your questioner mentioned and attributed to being among the Saruriyyun.
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The Shaykh : And from another angle, my brother, I am concerned to know what the view is of those whom your questioner mentioned and attributed to being among the Saruriyyun.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We have not yet learned what the madhhab or orientation of these Saruriyyun is. If they have accused our brothers of contradicting the Salaf, I am very concerned to know what their solution is regarding the collection of these funds and these donations. This is one aspect. Another aspect is that we spoke a couple of days ago, I think here, with some of our brothers who participate in collecting donations, or rather zakat al-fitr, including our brother the Khatib. We discussed an issue that many people were not aware of, among those who participate in charitable associations that collect zakah and sadaqah, and so on. For example, the poor may pay half a dinar, and the rich may pay a dinar, or more and more. It is not permissible to collect all these funds and then buy necessities whose value, if the poor person were to take what is obligatory upon him in zakah alone, he would not be able to buy that type. In this case, the agent has not fulfilled the duty of agency.
The questioner : Ah.
The Shaykh : It is probably clear.
The questioner : I mean, Shaykh, if we collect from everyone, for example, one thousand dinars.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And we buy with its value, for example, rice or sugar.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is not permissible in this way.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible if the value of the rice and sugar, which for example is a sa' for some and more than half a sa' for others, is higher than what the poor people give as charity for themselves.
The questioner : Yes, because the sugar, because the rice, Shaykh, they have now estimated zakat al-fitr at forty qirsh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So the rice, a sa' of rice is approximately seventy-five qirsh.
The Shaykh : So this is what they do not notice, my brother, our good brothers, because they do not have the precise fiqh. Therefore, our brothers there in Bahrain must also write to us the details of what they collect.
The questioner : Insha'Allah, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you can remind them of this.
The questioner : ... What Allah willed, the youth are Salafi, and among our brothers and our students, and we love you very much, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you and keep you safe, and them as well.
The questioner : And praise be to Allah, insha'Allah ... .
The Shaykh : We ask Allah for that for us and for you.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We have not yet learned what the madhhab or orientation of these Saruriyyun is. If they have accused our brothers of contradicting the Salaf, I am very concerned to know what their solution is regarding the collection of these funds and these donations. This is one aspect. Another aspect is that we spoke a couple of days ago, I think here, with some of our brothers who participate in collecting donations, or rather zakat al-fitr, including our brother the Khatib. We discussed an issue that many people were not aware of, among those who participate in charitable associations that collect zakah and sadaqah, and so on. For example, the poor may pay half a dinar, and the rich may pay a dinar, or more and more. It is not permissible to collect all these funds and then buy necessities whose value, if the poor person were to take what is obligatory upon him in zakah alone, he would not be able to buy that type. In this case, the agent has not fulfilled the duty of agency.
The questioner : Ah.
The Shaykh : It is probably clear.
The questioner : I mean, Shaykh, if we collect from everyone, for example, one thousand dinars.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And we buy with its value, for example, rice or sugar.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is not permissible in this way.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible if the value of the rice and sugar, which for example is a sa' for some and more than half a sa' for others, is higher than what the poor people give as charity for themselves.
The questioner : Yes, because the sugar, because the rice, Shaykh, they have now estimated zakat al-fitr at forty qirsh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So the rice, a sa' of rice is approximately seventy-five qirsh.
The Shaykh : So this is what they do not notice, my brother, our good brothers, because they do not have the precise fiqh. Therefore, our brothers there in Bahrain must also write to us the details of what they collect.
The questioner : Insha'Allah, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you can remind them of this.
The questioner : ... What Allah willed, the youth are Salafi, and among our brothers and our students, and we love you very much, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you and keep you safe, and them as well.
The questioner : And praise be to Allah, insha'Allah ... .
The Shaykh : We ask Allah for that for us and for you.
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