Discussion of the issue of collecting and distributing zakat al-fitr and donations.
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The Shaykh : The time has passed. If Allah wills, in the following year they will send a question at the beginning of the month.
The questioner : ... Correct.
The Shaykh : This is from one side. From another side, my brother, I am concerned to know what the view is of those whom your questioner mentioned and attributed to being among the Saluriyyun.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We have not yet known what the madhhab or direction of these Saluriyyun is. If they accused our brothers of contradicting the Salaf, I am very concerned to know what their solution is regarding the collection of these funds and these donations. This is one aspect. Another aspect: we spoke a couple of days ago, I think here, with some of our brothers who participate in collecting donations, indeed zakat al-fitr, indeed zakat al-fitr, including our brother al-Khatib. We spoke about an issue that many people were not aware of, among those who participate in charitable associations that collect zakah and sadaqah, and so on. For example, the poor may pay half a dinar, and the rich may pay a dinar, or more and more. It is not permissible to collect all these funds and then buy necessities whose value, if the poor person were to individually pay what is obligatory upon him of zakah, he would not be able to buy that type. In this case, the agent has not fulfilled the duty of agency. Perhaps it is clear.
The questioner : I mean, Shaykh, if we collect from everyone, for example, one thousand dinars.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And we buy with its value, for example, rice or sugar.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is not permissible in this way.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible if the value of the rice and sugar, which is, for example, a sa' for some and half a sa' for others, is more than what the poor people gave as charity for themselves.
The questioner : Correct, because the sugar and rice, Shaykh, they estimated zakat al-fitr at forty qirsh, and a sa' of rice is approximately seventy-five qirsh.
The Shaykh : This is it. So they do not notice this, my brother, our good brothers, because they do not have the precise fiqh. Therefore, our brothers there in Bahrain must also write to us the details of what they collect.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you can remind them of this.
The questioner : Our professor, what Allah willed, the youth are Salafi, from our brothers and our students, and they love you very much, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you and keep you safe, and them as well.
The questioner : And praise be to Allah ... in your newspaper.
The Shaykh : We ask Allah for that for us and for you.
The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We mean, originally, we had a meeting yesterday, and we wanted to honor our Shaykh and have our Shaykh honor us, on the fourth day of the festival, for example, or the third day of the festival, we go to a garden, for example, and this would be a meeting for al-Asalah, so that we can complete the dialogue, the first episode of which will be published in the fourth or fifth issue.
The Shaykh : I am always with you, as you know, but now I am busy with my son and my grandchildren.
The questioner : May Allah help you and them, O Lord.
The Shaykh : Then, if Allah wills, after a few days we will be free for you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : So we want, O Shaykh, to have the honor of your presence and to complete this dialogue.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : ... Correct.
The Shaykh : This is from one side. From another side, my brother, I am concerned to know what the view is of those whom your questioner mentioned and attributed to being among the Saluriyyun.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : We have not yet known what the madhhab or direction of these Saluriyyun is. If they accused our brothers of contradicting the Salaf, I am very concerned to know what their solution is regarding the collection of these funds and these donations. This is one aspect. Another aspect: we spoke a couple of days ago, I think here, with some of our brothers who participate in collecting donations, indeed zakat al-fitr, indeed zakat al-fitr, including our brother al-Khatib. We spoke about an issue that many people were not aware of, among those who participate in charitable associations that collect zakah and sadaqah, and so on. For example, the poor may pay half a dinar, and the rich may pay a dinar, or more and more. It is not permissible to collect all these funds and then buy necessities whose value, if the poor person were to individually pay what is obligatory upon him of zakah, he would not be able to buy that type. In this case, the agent has not fulfilled the duty of agency. Perhaps it is clear.
The questioner : I mean, Shaykh, if we collect from everyone, for example, one thousand dinars.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And we buy with its value, for example, rice or sugar.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : This is not permissible in this way.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible if the value of the rice and sugar, which is, for example, a sa' for some and half a sa' for others, is more than what the poor people gave as charity for themselves.
The questioner : Correct, because the sugar and rice, Shaykh, they estimated zakat al-fitr at forty qirsh, and a sa' of rice is approximately seventy-five qirsh.
The Shaykh : This is it. So they do not notice this, my brother, our good brothers, because they do not have the precise fiqh. Therefore, our brothers there in Bahrain must also write to us the details of what they collect.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you can remind them of this.
The questioner : Our professor, what Allah willed, the youth are Salafi, from our brothers and our students, and they love you very much, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you and keep you safe, and them as well.
The questioner : And praise be to Allah ... in your newspaper.
The Shaykh : We ask Allah for that for us and for you.
The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : We mean, originally, we had a meeting yesterday, and we wanted to honor our Shaykh and have our Shaykh honor us, on the fourth day of the festival, for example, or the third day of the festival, we go to a garden, for example, and this would be a meeting for al-Asalah, so that we can complete the dialogue, the first episode of which will be published in the fourth or fifth issue.
The Shaykh : I am always with you, as you know, but now I am busy with my son and my grandchildren.
The questioner : May Allah help you and them, O Lord.
The Shaykh : Then, if Allah wills, after a few days we will be free for you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : So we want, O Shaykh, to have the honor of your presence and to complete this dialogue.
The Shaykh : If Allah wills, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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