Why do we not apply the verse of repentance: “But if they repent and establish prayer and give zakah…”
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The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : The verse of repentance.
The Shaykh : The one who leaves off prayer out of stinginess?
The questioner : … Why do we not leave the second one for the one who leaves off the pillar of zakah … the verse in its generality … for the one who leaves it off out of stinginess … .
The Shaykh : As for the hadith in Muslim, it says It says, why do we not apply the verse to the one who leaves it off out of stinginess? The hadith in Muslim is for the one who leaves it off out of negligence. This is because the one who leaves it off out of stinginess does not have the intention to pay zakah, whereas the one who leaves it off out of negligence has the intention, but he says, “Tomorrow, or the day after, or the day after that,” or something similar. And the hadith says Sahih Muslim 987a and it did not specify it, yes.
The Shaykh : Which one?
The questioner : The verse of repentance.
The Shaykh : The one who leaves off prayer out of stinginess?
The questioner : … Why do we not leave the second one for the one who leaves off the pillar of zakah … the verse in its generality … for the one who leaves it off out of stinginess … .
The Shaykh : As for the hadith in Muslim, it says