The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "And Those in Debt"
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The Shaykh : Who are the "gharimin" (those in debt)? The son
The student: The debtors
The Shaykh : Good, well done. The gharimin are the debtors. The scholars said: And the debtor is of two types: a debtor in debt for himself, and a debtor in debt for reconciling between people. Are you with us? And what did you say?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, no, I am just asking this. Now, let us say: a debtor in debt for himself, and a debtor in debt for reconciling between people.
As for the debtor in debt for himself, it is a condition for the permissibility of giving him from the zakah that he be unable to pay off his debt. If he is able to pay off his debt, he is not given. For example: a man who has a remaining price of fifty thousand for a house. This man has his sufficiency; he has his sufficiency, meaning he does not need clothing, housing, food, or drink, because he had a salary or a craft by which he earned. But he has fifty thousand that he cannot pay off. So do we give him fifty thousand from the zakah? Yes, yes, we give him. We give him fifty thousand from the zakah.
The student: The debtors
The Shaykh : Good, well done. The gharimin are the debtors. The scholars said: And the debtor is of two types: a debtor in debt for himself, and a debtor in debt for reconciling between people. Are you with us? And what did you say?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : No, no, I am just asking this. Now, let us say: a debtor in debt for himself, and a debtor in debt for reconciling between people.
As for the debtor in debt for himself, it is a condition for the permissibility of giving him from the zakah that he be unable to pay off his debt. If he is able to pay off his debt, he is not given. For example: a man who has a remaining price of fifty thousand for a house. This man has his sufficiency; he has his sufficiency, meaning he does not need clothing, housing, food, or drink, because he had a salary or a craft by which he earned. But he has fifty thousand that he cannot pay off. So do we give him fifty thousand from the zakah? Yes, yes, we give him. We give him fifty thousand from the zakah.