Is there a limit to giving in zakah above the prescribed amount? And is it permissible to give the entire zakah wealth to one poor person?
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The questioner : Regarding zakah, is there a specific limit? I mean, the example the brother gave, like ten thousand dinars, for instance?
The Shaykh : There is no limit.
The questioner : No limit?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : That he gives without a specific limit?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Even the entire wealth?
The Shaykh : Even the entire wealth.
The questioner : Yes...
Another questioner : The man’s family includes a spendthrift and the woman who manages the spending for this family!
The Shaykh : It depends on the confidence in the spending. If the spending is in the man’s hands, no, what is this? Has it become a new trend? Once... once...
The student : This is because it is a long path. This is good, the correct one, Professor.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So, for example, is there evidence for the absence of a prohibition in this? I mean, what is our basis in this matter?
The Shaykh : My brother, do we need a text for everything?
The questioner : Yes, this!
The Shaykh : The original ruling for things is permissibility, especially since there is good for the poor person here, there is a revival of it, a revitalization of it. He is engaged in work that he is unable to perform because of his poverty!
The questioner : Yes, but for example, do you not see the distribution? Or does this follow the estimation of the one paying zakah, according to...?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The position where he estimates the number of needy people and their circumstances, and so on.
The Shaykh : The issue of what is better, this is a broad field!
The questioner : Yes, so the estimation returns to him?
The student : Leave it to me, Professor.
The Shaykh : Where does this path go here?
The student : This leads to al-Hashimi, and then you go down like this.
The questioner : Yesterday, my Shaykh, regarding letting the garment hang below the ankles on the sleeve!!
The Shaykh : I will make a path for it.
The Shaykh : There is no limit.
The questioner : No limit?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : That he gives without a specific limit?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Even the entire wealth?
The Shaykh : Even the entire wealth.
The questioner : Yes...
Another questioner : The man’s family includes a spendthrift and the woman who manages the spending for this family!
The Shaykh : It depends on the confidence in the spending. If the spending is in the man’s hands, no, what is this? Has it become a new trend? Once... once...
The student : This is because it is a long path. This is good, the correct one, Professor.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So, for example, is there evidence for the absence of a prohibition in this? I mean, what is our basis in this matter?
The Shaykh : My brother, do we need a text for everything?
The questioner : Yes, this!
The Shaykh : The original ruling for things is permissibility, especially since there is good for the poor person here, there is a revival of it, a revitalization of it. He is engaged in work that he is unable to perform because of his poverty!
The questioner : Yes, but for example, do you not see the distribution? Or does this follow the estimation of the one paying zakah, according to...?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The position where he estimates the number of needy people and their circumstances, and so on.
The Shaykh : The issue of what is better, this is a broad field!
The questioner : Yes, so the estimation returns to him?
The student : Leave it to me, Professor.
The Shaykh : Where does this path go here?
The student : This leads to al-Hashimi, and then you go down like this.
The questioner : Yesterday, my Shaykh, regarding letting the garment hang below the ankles on the sleeve!!
The Shaykh : I will make a path for it.
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