Issue: Is it permissible to give the servant and workers from the zakah?
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The Shaykh : Now, is it permissible for a person to give from the zakah to the servant he has, if the servant is poor and his salary is not sufficient for himself and his family? Is it permissible?
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And if he is a servant in his service, yes, it is permissible. And if he is a servant in his service, is it permissible to give the workers from the zakah? Workers who work in cement, in wood, in iron.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : One looks at whether their work is sufficient for them; if it is, they are not given. And if it is not sufficient for them, then they are given. Now, these are the people of zakah whom Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has made obligatory that we distribute the zakah to them.
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : And if he is a servant in his service, yes, it is permissible. And if he is a servant in his service, is it permissible to give the workers from the zakah? Workers who work in cement, in wood, in iron.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : One looks at whether their work is sufficient for them; if it is, they are not given. And if it is not sufficient for them, then they are given. Now, these are the people of zakah whom Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has made obligatory that we distribute the zakah to them.