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| Zakat/sadaqah entitlements |
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| Zara |
| 07/03/03 at 17:09:35 |
| [slm] Weird as this may sound......... Is there any basis in Islam for the claim that my zakat cannot be given to poor people who are from the lineage of prophet muhammad [saw] Many times I have been told this and I do not know of any daleel (evidence) which says that this is true. I ask because some charitable contributions were given to a poor woman to treat her eyes and she is related to the prophet [saw] and the family made protests that the money given is still owed because it is not acceptable to give it to a 'syed' (to be from the progeny of the prophet [saw] ) Allahu al'am I am a bit confused as to whether this is just pakistani cultural confusion or lack of empathy on my part. Can anyone clarify ??? ??? ??? [wlm] :( ??? |
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| muahmed |
| 07/03/03 at 17:21:27 |
| [slm] ;-) Ask a scholar for details. I read a fatwa on this issue on www.islamonline.net According to that zakat can not be given to Prophet's (PBUH) descendants. If they are poor then people should help them (but NOT with zakat money). However if conditions are desperate and people are not helping them, then zakat money can be used for them due to utter necessity. |
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| se7en |
| 07/04/03 at 00:32:32 |
| as salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, Hmm.. how accurate are these claims of being from the lineage of the Prophet [saw]? I once heard a scholar make a joke about how much emphasis and importance many people from South Asia put on being part of a "syed" family, [a title that implies that you are from the family of Rasulullah [saw]]... he was like, how is it that all of the family of the Prophet [saw] ended up in Karachi? No offense intended :) hehe.. wasalaamu alaykum :-) |
| 07/05/03 at 03:31:26 |
| se7en |
| Re: Zakat/sadaqah entitlements |
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| theOriginal |
| 07/04/03 at 05:51:02 |
| [slm] Yeah the whole "Syed" thing is very interesting. I once asked my grandfather that question. He said that it doesn't really matter if it's true, it makes him a better person knowing that there is a SLIGHT chance that he might be from that line.... Reason being, suppose he really was a descendant of the Prophet (saw), then he is further humbled, and it would be very sad if he wasn't "good". We are all humbled by our parents, if they are pious people. Anyway I explained it poorly...but whatever. Wasalaam. |
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| muahmed |
| 07/04/03 at 14:21:31 |
| [slm] ;-) Unless we can prove the person to be not from the Prophet's (PBUH) lineage, we should not doubt him, or even think he made it up. Accusing a Muslim of lying is something VERY BIG. This is obviously being taken lightly by many people who make fun of syeds or try to hint that most of them in the indian subcontinent are fake. |
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| Nomi |
| 07/04/03 at 14:34:01 |
| [slm] and I agree with the bro |
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| se7en |
| 07/04/03 at 23:53:50 |
| as salaamu alaykum, Certainly there are many people suffering and in need of zakah and I did not mean to imply, in any way whatsoever, that the sister spoken about in this thread was being untruthful. Hopefully someone more well versed on the issue and with the hadeeth can respond, insha'Allah. w'Allahu a'lam and again apologies for offending anyone. wasalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullah |
| 07/05/03 at 03:30:35 |
| se7en |
| Re: Zakat/sadaqah entitlements |
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| siddiqui |
| 07/05/03 at 00:16:23 |
| [slm] I have heard another interpretation of the hadith from a scholar named qari shabzada abdul Basit of Jeddah He says what the prophet [saw] told his grand son('zakaat is not for us') was meant for the immediate family (maybe just because he didn’t like to use it or didn’t fall in the category of rightful recipient’s wallahu aalam) and not the entire lineage or descendants and hence those people who are the descendants of the prophet [saw] but fall in the category of the recipients Allah swt mentioned are entitled to use it (zakaath)according to this scholar Allahu aalam [quote]Alms are for the poor and the needy, and those employed to administer the (funds); for those whose hearts have been (recently) reconciled (to Truth); for those in bondage and in debt; in the cause of God; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by God, and God is full of knowledge and wisdom. [/quote] 9.60 [wlm] |
| 07/05/03 at 00:26:44 |
| siddiqui |
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