Something to Stop and Think About
The shaikh, Dr. Khālid Ḍaḥawī Al-Ẓafīrī, may Allāh protect him, said:
Something to stop and think about:
Regarding the zakah on wealth, the one upon whom it’s due [will] ask: is it allowed to buy food with [the zakah money] for a poor person because he might not be good at spending money?
Then when zakah al-fiṭr comes around, he says to you: is it allowed to give it out as money because a poor person doesn’t need food?
[There’s] comfort in taking a hold of [and sticking to] that which has come in the Book and the Sunnah and to carry out acts of worship as they’ve been prescribed because our [Islamic] law is safer and wiser, and our Lord knows better [than all of us].
Source: @almadani_k. 8 May 21.
وقفة تأمل:
في زكاة المال يسأل صاحبها هل يجوز شراء الطعام بها للفقير لأنه قد لا يحسن التصرف بالمال، وإذا جاءت زكاة الفطر قال لك: هل يجوز إخراجها مالا لأن الفقير لا يحتاج إلى طعام
الراحة في الأخذ بما جاء في الكتاب والسنة، وأن تؤدي العبادة كما أُمرت بها، فشرعنا أسلم وأحكم وربنا أعلم— د. خالد ضحوي الظفيري (@almadani_k) May 8, 2021