Is it permissible to give zakah to those prohibited from moving around in Palestine due to their inability to practice their work?
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The questioner : Regarding the matter... they are struggling and in financial distress, besieged and prevented from moving around for most days of the month. Is it permissible to send charity to them? Charity to them and zakah?
The Shaykh : Of course it is permissible, permissible, how could it not be? It is permissible, but they must be advised. If only they did not participate in these demonstrations that have no benefit, they would have lived, and from bottom to top they would have done as the Muslims of Makkah did in their time. But the one who is ignorant of the biography or ignores it and does not act in accordance with it, his fate must be that he perishes or destroys himself without reaching the goal he seeks. And glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You, I bear witness that there is no god but You, I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The questioner : Do you remember, my Shaykh, the hadith of Bayan that I brought to you once from Hamas regarding the calamities befalling the Muslims, that they should flock to the houses of the Christians on their festivals.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : From Hamas.
The Shaykh : Unfortunately.
The Shaykh : Of course it is permissible, permissible, how could it not be? It is permissible, but they must be advised. If only they did not participate in these demonstrations that have no benefit, they would have lived, and from bottom to top they would have done as the Muslims of Makkah did in their time. But the one who is ignorant of the biography or ignores it and does not act in accordance with it, his fate must be that he perishes or destroys himself without reaching the goal he seeks. And glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You, I bear witness that there is no god but You, I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The questioner : Do you remember, my Shaykh, the hadith of Bayan that I brought to you once from Hamas regarding the calamities befalling the Muslims, that they should flock to the houses of the Christians on their festivals.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : From Hamas.
The Shaykh : Unfortunately.
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