Ruling on taking zakah for one who does not have the cost of marriage and housing
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Question:
This man is in two situations. He asks: Is it permissible for me to take zakah or not? In the first situation, he says it is for my marriage. In the second situation, he says it is for land so that I can own a house?
Answer:
It is permissible for him to take from the zakah. If he is unable to marry, he takes from the zakah. And if he is unable to have housing, he may take from the zakah for housing, whether it is rent or the purchase price.
Q: What is the evidence for both?
A: Poverty. [At-Tawbah: 60]. The one who cannot afford a house or housing is poor.
Q: The second: A woman in a shelter asked this question and says: The owner of the shelter can kick us out at any time, and we have nothing?
The Shaykh: No, no. She is self-sufficient as long as she has housing. And death is in the hand of Allah.
Q: She says: It is not because of death, may Allah keep you safe, but because of the owner of the shelter kicking us out?
A: If he kicks her out, she takes the zakah.
Q: So now she does not take it?
A: If he kicks her out, she takes the zakah.
This man is in two situations. He asks: Is it permissible for me to take zakah or not? In the first situation, he says it is for my marriage. In the second situation, he says it is for land so that I can own a house?
Answer:
It is permissible for him to take from the zakah. If he is unable to marry, he takes from the zakah. And if he is unable to have housing, he may take from the zakah for housing, whether it is rent or the purchase price.
Q: What is the evidence for both?
A: Poverty.
Zakah expenditures are only for the poor
إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقَاتُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِQ: The second: A woman in a shelter asked this question and says: The owner of the shelter can kick us out at any time, and we have nothing?
The Shaykh: No, no. She is self-sufficient as long as she has housing. And death is in the hand of Allah.
Q: She says: It is not because of death, may Allah keep you safe, but because of the owner of the shelter kicking us out?
A: If he kicks her out, she takes the zakah.
Q: So now she does not take it?
A: If he kicks her out, she takes the zakah.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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