Do we give zakah to a man whose salary is, for example, four thousand riyals?
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The questioner : The fourth one asks: Do we give zakah to a man whose salary is, for example, four thousand riyals?
The Shaykh : Who will answer this question, since we mentioned it in the first session, regarding a person whose salary is four thousand riyals.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : He is given from the zakah what suffices him, yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : All right, we say that if the one whose salary is four thousand riyals finds that this salary suffices him and he has no debt that he cannot pay off, then he is not given from the zakah. But if it does not suffice him, for example, if he has a large family and four thousand riyals do not suffice them, we say how much do they need per month? They say five thousand riyals. What do we give him? We give him twelve thousand. Likewise, if this amount suffices him for his expenses but he has a debt for which he has no means of payment, then we pay off his debt. Yes.
The Shaykh : Who will answer this question, since we mentioned it in the first session, regarding a person whose salary is four thousand riyals.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : He is given from the zakah what suffices him, yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : All right, we say that if the one whose salary is four thousand riyals finds that this salary suffices him and he has no debt that he cannot pay off, then he is not given from the zakah. But if it does not suffice him, for example, if he has a large family and four thousand riyals do not suffice them, we say how much do they need per month? They say five thousand riyals. What do we give him? We give him twelve thousand. Likewise, if this amount suffices him for his expenses but he has a debt for which he has no means of payment, then we pay off his debt. Yes.