Addendum: If zakat al-fitr is related to the person and zakah is related to wealth, why is it not obligatory upon the disbeliever?
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The Shaykh : One of the conditions for righteous deeds is that they be from a Muslim. [At-Tawbah 9:54] And in the hadith of Mu'adh, Sunan al-Bayhaqi 10:547 after the two testimonies and after the prayer, Sahih al-Bukhari 1395.
The questioner : So, it is not related to the person...
The Shaykh : No, it is a fundamental condition regarding the one who pays zakah; it is necessary, it is necessary that he be a Muslim, yes. And it is related to the person, there is no doubt about that. For example, if a person destroys his wealth after the lunar year of possession has completed, we do not say the wealth was destroyed and there is nothing on you, but you owe the zakah, yes?
And what prevents their expenditures from being accepted from them but that they have disbelieved in Allah
وَما مَنَعَهُمْ أَنْ تُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ نَفَقاتُهُمْ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِIf they respond to you with that
إن هم أجابوك لذلكthen teach them that Allah has
فأعلمهم أن الله افترض عليهمThe questioner : So, it is not related to the person...
The Shaykh : No, it is a fundamental condition regarding the one who pays zakah; it is necessary, it is necessary that he be a Muslim, yes. And it is related to the person, there is no doubt about that. For example, if a person destroys his wealth after the lunar year of possession has completed, we do not say the wealth was destroyed and there is nothing on you, but you owe the zakah, yes?
