Are non-Muslim poor people given from charity, whether it is obligatory or voluntary?
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The questioner : ... non-Muslims, from the poor, are they given from charity?
The Shaykh : Do you mean by charity the obligatory or the voluntary?
The questioner : I mean the voluntary ... money ... .
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, answer the question?
The questioner : You don't know if it is charity ... .
The Shaykh : Answer the question first, may Allah guide you, answer the question ... do you know or do you not know, answer the question! The charity that you mentioned, does it mean the obligatory or does it mean the voluntary! Do you know or do you not know ... do not wander in the answer, if you know say so, and if you do not know say I do not know!
The questioner : I do not know, is it charity or zakah?
The Shaykh : And I am now leaving you to know, so I say if it is obligatory, it is not permissible, if it is obligatory it is not given ... but if it is not obligatory and it is only voluntary, then it is ... .
The questioner : I do not know, we stopped at the mosque door and ... .
The Shaykh : This is a problem! ... I cannot benefit you ... and I am far from you, I cannot be of benefit, is this obligatory or voluntary, so you should know if it is voluntary or obligatory.
Another questioner : ... I tell her charity or obligatory, this is difficult.
The questioner : A box for zakah and a box for charities! Zakah put here, charity here, so that he puts it ... .
The Shaykh : The problems ... which are called today charitable associations, that those in charge of them are not poor, they are not scholars!
The questioner : Two hundred and fifty committees!
The Shaykh : And therefore they act as it seems to them, like the incompetent, you listen to them ... .
The questioner : The zakah ... they do strange things, they work in people's money ... things ... and perhaps they disobeyed Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with the zakah of the people, and they do not know what they are doing!
The Shaykh : And like this also are those who collect money to build mosques, they spend it in other than the way of Allah, and they are trustees of it to build a mosque in which the name of Allah is mentioned! The decorations ... with the money of the donors, this confirms his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih al-Bukhari 6496 so wait for the Hour, and therefore I say to our friend who insists on the question, I insist on the answer ... .
The questioner : No, no ... etiquette, if Allah wills, he has been waiting for this session for a long time, or he is in confusion about his matter!
Another questioner: ...
The questioner : Shaykh, meaning the situation of people is very, very, very ... .
The Shaykh :[Al-Ma'idah 5:105] .
The questioner : We used to take the food that is left over from people ... now there is no one who brings it, except I have to go to the dumpsters!
Another questioner : ... this becomes food for the poor, by the permission of Allah, and you will be rewarded with a great reward from Allah.
The questioner : This is correct, I have a house ... .
The Shaykh : If someone else said it ... .
The questioner : Do not bring Dr. 'Umar al-Ashqar into the matter, he did not say this ... there are several questions before he raised this, he asked Dr. Salah al-Khalidi and 'Umar al-Ashqar, and he asked al-Zarqa, so he said what ... he devotes himself to the committee, he has no job, he takes a salary ... .
The Shaykh : Now I have endured!
The Shaykh : Do you mean by charity the obligatory or the voluntary?
The questioner : I mean the voluntary ... money ... .
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, answer the question?
The questioner : You don't know if it is charity ... .
The Shaykh : Answer the question first, may Allah guide you, answer the question ... do you know or do you not know, answer the question! The charity that you mentioned, does it mean the obligatory or does it mean the voluntary! Do you know or do you not know ... do not wander in the answer, if you know say so, and if you do not know say I do not know!
The questioner : I do not know, is it charity or zakah?
The Shaykh : And I am now leaving you to know, so I say if it is obligatory, it is not permissible, if it is obligatory it is not given ... but if it is not obligatory and it is only voluntary, then it is ... .
The questioner : I do not know, we stopped at the mosque door and ... .
The Shaykh : This is a problem! ... I cannot benefit you ... and I am far from you, I cannot be of benefit, is this obligatory or voluntary, so you should know if it is voluntary or obligatory.
Another questioner : ... I tell her charity or obligatory, this is difficult.
The questioner : A box for zakah and a box for charities! Zakah put here, charity here, so that he puts it ... .
The Shaykh : The problems ... which are called today charitable associations, that those in charge of them are not poor, they are not scholars!
The questioner : Two hundred and fifty committees!
The Shaykh : And therefore they act as it seems to them, like the incompetent, you listen to them ... .
The questioner : The zakah ... they do strange things, they work in people's money ... things ... and perhaps they disobeyed Allah (Mighty and Majestic) with the zakah of the people, and they do not know what they are doing!
The Shaykh : And like this also are those who collect money to build mosques, they spend it in other than the way of Allah, and they are trustees of it to build a mosque in which the name of Allah is mentioned! The decorations ... with the money of the donors, this confirms his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
When authority is given to those who do not deserve it, then wait for the Hour.
إذا أسند الأمر إلى غير أهله فانتظر الساعةThe questioner : No, no ... etiquette, if Allah wills, he has been waiting for this session for a long time, or he is in confusion about his matter!
Another questioner: ...
The questioner : Shaykh, meaning the situation of people is very, very, very ... .
The Shaykh :
upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray
عليكم أنفسكم لا يضركم من ضلThe questioner : We used to take the food that is left over from people ... now there is no one who brings it, except I have to go to the dumpsters!
Another questioner : ... this becomes food for the poor, by the permission of Allah, and you will be rewarded with a great reward from Allah.
The questioner : This is correct, I have a house ... .
The Shaykh : If someone else said it ... .
The questioner : Do not bring Dr. 'Umar al-Ashqar into the matter, he did not say this ... there are several questions before he raised this, he asked Dr. Salah al-Khalidi and 'Umar al-Ashqar, and he asked al-Zarqa, so he said what ... he devotes himself to the committee, he has no job, he takes a salary ... .
The Shaykh : Now I have endured!