The Shaykh’s remarks on the meaning of the phrase “in the cause of Allah” in the verse regarding the expenditures of zakah.
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That is the meaning of [At-Tawbah 9:60] in the verse regarding the expenditures of zakah [At-Tawbah 9:60] to the end of the verse. Then Allah the Exalted said: [At-Tawbah 9:60]. The question was whether “in the cause of Allah” is restricted to jihad in the cause of Allah, or whether it also includes other interests of the Muslims, such as building mosques and schools and providing public facilities and utilities for the Muslims? Does “in the cause of Allah” in this place in the verse regarding the expenditures of zakah include matters other than jihad in the cause of Allah, as we hinted at earlier? If so, and if the verse includes those matters, is it permissible for a wealthy person to give his money for building a mosque, or a school, or a hospital, or something else? My answer was that the meaning of the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic in this noble verse, [At-Tawbah 9:60], is specific to two matters, and there is no third.
The first is what is known to everyone, namely jihad in the cause of Allah. This is one of the categories of zakah that the one obligated to pay it spends in the cause of Allah, in jihad in the cause of Allah.
The second matter is that the legal evidence came to expand the word[At-Tawbah 9:60] to include spending money to take a poor person on Hajj to the Sacred House of Allah. Thus, the meaning of [At-Tawbah 9:60] is in jihad and Hajj. No one from the Salaf, nor even the mujtahid imams, expanded this phrase beyond the two matters mentioned. [At-Tawbah 9:60] means in jihad in the cause of Allah and also in taking the poor person who needs it on Hajj to the Sacred House of Allah.
Regarding this second matter, taking the poor person on Hajj, there is an authentic hadith in Sunan Abu Dawud, Musnad Imam Ahmad, and others, that a man from the Companions, known as Abu Talq, performed Hajj with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Farewell Pilgrimage. When he returned, his wife came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to complain to him, saying: “O Messenger of Allah, my husband Abu Talq did not take me on his camel for Hajj.” The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for Abu Talq and asked him about this matter. He said: “O Messenger of Allah, I prepared this camel for the cause of Allah the Exalted.” He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If you had taken her on it, that would have been in the cause of Allah.” Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), among the other imams who restricted the meaning of[At-Tawbah 9:60] to jihad in the cause of Allah, took from this hadith another meaning and added it to the first meaning. He said: [At-Tawbah 9:60], meaning jihad and also taking on Hajj in the cause of Allah, as indicated by this authentic hadith.
No one from the Salaf has a meaning broader than this meaning you have heard, which is taking on Hajj. Yet we find today fatwas issued here and there that the meaning of this phrase,[At-Tawbah 9:60], is broad enough to include all the interests in which Muslims benefit, including what we mentioned earlier, such as building mosques and schools and the like.
This was the reason for raising this discussion, which is.
for the cause of Allah
وفي سبيل اللهZakah expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy
إنما الصدقات للفقراء والمساكينfor the cause of Allah
وفي سبيل اللهfor the cause of Allah
وفي سبيل اللهThe first is what is known to everyone, namely jihad in the cause of Allah. This is one of the categories of zakah that the one obligated to pay it spends in the cause of Allah, in jihad in the cause of Allah.
The second matter is that the legal evidence came to expand the word
for the cause of Allah
وفي سبيل اللهfor the cause of Allah
وفي سبيل اللهfor the cause of Allah
وفي سبيل اللهRegarding this second matter, taking the poor person on Hajj, there is an authentic hadith in Sunan Abu Dawud, Musnad Imam Ahmad, and others, that a man from the Companions, known as Abu Talq, performed Hajj with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Farewell Pilgrimage. When he returned, his wife came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to complain to him, saying: “O Messenger of Allah, my husband Abu Talq did not take me on his camel for Hajj.” The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for Abu Talq and asked him about this matter. He said: “O Messenger of Allah, I prepared this camel for the cause of Allah the Exalted.” He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If you had taken her on it, that would have been in the cause of Allah.” Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), among the other imams who restricted the meaning of
for the cause of Allah
وفي سبيل اللهfor the cause of Allah
وفي سبيل اللهNo one from the Salaf has a meaning broader than this meaning you have heard, which is taking on Hajj. Yet we find today fatwas issued here and there that the meaning of this phrase,
for the cause of Allah
وفي سبيل اللهThis was the reason for raising this discussion, which is.