Ruling on Giving Zakah to a Poor Family One of Whose Members Does Not Pray
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Question:
A message from the Holy City of Madinah, sent by a listener there, says: (H. S. N). Our brother asks: Is it permissible to give zakah to a poor family one of whose members does not pray? And he eats with them? If it is not permissible, is it obligatory to repeat the entire zakah? Or only a portion of it, proportional to that individual’s share of the family?
Answer:
Zakah is given to those who are entitled to it among the Muslims. Even if another person who is not a Muslim eats with them, the point is that it is given to the Muslims and the poor who are in need of it. It does not harm them that there is among them someone who may be judged a disbeliever, provided that it is given and entrusted to a Muslim.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
A message from the Holy City of Madinah, sent by a listener there, says: (H. S. N). Our brother asks: Is it permissible to give zakah to a poor family one of whose members does not pray? And he eats with them? If it is not permissible, is it obligatory to repeat the entire zakah? Or only a portion of it, proportional to that individual’s share of the family?
Answer:
Zakah is given to those who are entitled to it among the Muslims. Even if another person who is not a Muslim eats with them, the point is that it is given to the Muslims and the poor who are in need of it. It does not harm them that there is among them someone who may be judged a disbeliever, provided that it is given and entrusted to a Muslim.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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