Is it permissible for a person in need to give charity?
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The questioner : Giving charity while in need?
The Shaykh : No, no, it is better to start with yourself. Start with yourself, then with those you are responsible for. But the miser, if he has the wealth of Qarun and a poor person comes to him and he says, "I do not want to give anything but one riyal," and he says, "By Allah, one riyal! I have a hundred million; if I give you one riyal, it becomes a hundred million minus one riyal. Yes, I will not give you anything. Let it remain." As for the generous one, it is the opposite; he says, "I will give you this dirham, and Allah will replace it with ten." Yes, that is right.
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