What is the ruling on paying zakah outside the country?
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The questioner : Is it forbidden to pay zakah outside the country?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : If the people of the country are well-off?
The Shaykh : It is not forbidden; rather, the public benefit must be considered in this matter. For example, transferring zakah from Saudi Arabia to Algeria is not the same as transferring zakah from Algeria to Saudi Arabia.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So, the benefit of the poor in the country must be taken into account.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for him.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : There is no text that forbids the transfer.
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : I say there is no text that forbids the transfer.
The questioner : Is it only the opinions of the scholars?
The Shaykh : Yes, they are their independent legal reasoning.
The questioner : Yes, okay.
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : If the people of the country are well-off?
The Shaykh : It is not forbidden; rather, the public benefit must be considered in this matter. For example, transferring zakah from Saudi Arabia to Algeria is not the same as transferring zakah from Algeria to Saudi Arabia.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : So, the benefit of the poor in the country must be taken into account.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : As for him.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : There is no text that forbids the transfer.
The questioner : Yes?
The Shaykh : I say there is no text that forbids the transfer.
The questioner : Is it only the opinions of the scholars?
The Shaykh : Yes, they are their independent legal reasoning.
The questioner : Yes, okay.
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