Ruling on taking the zakah of others for one who possesses the nisab of zakah

This message is from the town of Homs in Syria, sent by the listener Fatimah Qara Yusuf. In her message, Fatimah says: My grandmother passed away, and she had five thousand pounds in money. She had collected this from people who came to her before her death and gave her zakah, because they considered her to be in need. I know that it is not permissible for one who possesses the nisab of zakah to take zakah at all. However, she had much more than the nisab, and she was taking zakah from people. After she passed away, her children wanted to inherit it. Is it permissible for them to take this money, given that she was taking it as haram because she possessed the nisab? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: A woman like this, who has five thousand pounds, is not considered wealthy. In fact, this amount may not even suffice for her for a year, meaning if she continued to spend from it. It is not the case that one who possesses the nisab of zakah is considered wealthy in the sense that prevents him from receiving zakah. According to the correct view, his wealth is wealth that obligates zakah upon him. If he possesses the nisab, he is considered wealthy with regard to the obligation of zakah upon him, but he is not considered wealthy with regard to being prevented from receiving zakah. So wealth is of two types:
One type is wealth that obligates zakah, but it does not result in wealth that dispenses with need, nor does it close the door to need.
The second type of wealth is wealth that satisfies need and dispenses with the need for people, and achieves the intended purpose.
What prevents one from receiving zakah is the second type: the wealth that does not require its owner to rely on others or ask people for help, but rather suffices him and his family, if he has a family. This type of wealth prevents one from receiving zakah, and its owner is not given from it. However, if a person has a small amount of money that he pays zakah on, and if he spent it on his food, it would be gone quickly, he still pays zakah on it because it is in his possession as capital that he preserves and pays zakah on, but if he ate it, it would be gone quickly. There is no harm in giving him from the zakah what satisfies his need and dispenses with his need to go around asking people. This is the correct view: that the wealth which prevents one from receiving zakah is the wealth that achieves sufficiency, not the wealth that achieves the obligation of zakah. One should distinguish between them, meaning understand the difference between them. This is the correct view. The statement of some scholars that "one who possesses the nisab is obligated to pay zakah, so he is wealthy and is not given [zakah]" is a weak and weaker position. Yes.