Every Eligible Person For ZAKAT Explained in 9 minutes
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0:00 In Islam, there are eight types of people who are eligible for zakat. But do you know if every Muslim gave their zakat properly, there would be no poor
0:06 person left in this world? For those who don't know, zakat is giving 2.5% of your savings to those in need, but only if your wealth reaches a minimum amount
0:15 called nisab and stays with you for one full year. In this video, I'm going to explain all eight categories based on the Quran and authentic Hadith. And by
0:23 the end, you'll clearly understand who truly deserves zakat and where your money should go. So, hit subscribe, comment, like hype, and share this video
0:31 so it can reach more people. The poor people. In Islam, the first person eligible to receive zakat is the poor. The poor are those people who have
0:38 absolutely nothing, no income, no savings, and no way to meet their basic needs like food, clothing, and shelter. And the Arabic word for this level of
0:46 poverty is faqr, which literally means a broken spine, because poverty at this level breaks a person so completely that they cannot stand on their own. Now,
0:55 here is something important. The Prophet, peace be upon him, used to seek refuge from poverty in his daily dua. So, poverty in Islam is not something
1:03 small. It was something even the Prophet, peace be upon him, took seriously every single day. But not everyone who looks poor actually
1:09 qualifies. A strong and able man who simply refuses to work, he does not qualify. There is no share of zakat for someone who is strong and able to earn.
1:18 And today, the poor include single mothers with no support, disabled people who cannot work, and elderly people with no family to care for them. The needy.
1:25 In Islam, the second person eligible to receive zakat is the needy. The needy are those people who have something, but not enough. They may have a small income
1:33 or own something small, but they still cannot cover all of their basic needs by the end of the month. And this is where most people get confused, because the
1:40 poor and the needy sound like the same thing, but they are not the same. The poor have nothing at all. The needy have something, but it is not enough. Now,
1:47 here is a fact from the Quran that will change how you see this category. In Surah Al-Kahf, verse 79, Allah called boat owners needy. These people owned a
1:56 working boat, and Allah still described them as needy because their income was not enough. Then, the Prophet, peace be upon him, gave us an even deeper
2:03 definition in Sahih Bukhari, Hadith 1479. He said the truly needy person is not the obvious beggar you see on the street. The truly needy person is the
2:10 one whose condition nobody knows, the one who suffers quietly and never asks anyone for help. And today, those people are all around us, working families who
2:19 earn a salary, but still cannot make ends meet by the end of the month. The zakat collectors. In Islam, the third person eligible to receive zakat is the
2:27 zakat collector. These are the people who are officially appointed to collect zakat, manage it, record it, and distribute it to the right people. And
2:34 here is something that surprises most Muslims. These collectors can receive zakat even if they are wealthy, because what they receive is not charity. It is
2:42 wages for the work they are doing on behalf of the Muslim community. And the Prophet, peace be upon him, confirmed this in Sunan Abu Dawud, Hadith 1635.
2:51 But with this responsibility came a very serious warning. A man named Ibn al-Lutbiyyah was appointed by the Prophet, peace be upon him, to collect
2:58 zakat from a tribe. When he returned, he separated the money into two piles and said, "This pile is for the treasury, and this pile was gifted to me
3:05 personally." The Prophet, peace be upon him, went straight to the pulpit and delivered a public warning that shook everyone who heard it. He said, "If
3:13 someone takes anything that does not belong to him from public funds, he will carry it on his back on the day of judgment in front of everyone." This is
3:20 recorded in Sahih Bukhari, Hadith 6979. And today, this category covers the staff of Islamic charity organizations, and whether their salaries can come from
3:30 zakat is one of the biggest contemporary debates in Islamic scholarship. The new Muslims. In Islam, the fourth person eligible to receive zakat is the new
3:38 Muslim, or someone whose heart is being drawn toward Islam and needs support. This category exists because sometimes a person's heart needs something tangible
3:46 and real before it can fully open to faith. And the most powerful story that proves this is the story of Safwan ibn Umayya. Safwan was one of the bitterest
3:54 enemies of Islam in Mecca. His father had died at Badr fighting against the Muslims, and Safwan carried that hatred for years. But after the conquest of
4:02 Mecca, the Prophet, peace be upon him, gave him camels at the Battle of Hunayn and kept giving until Safwan looked around at what he had received and said
4:10 with his own mouth, "No one gives like this except a prophet." And he accepted Islam. Then came an even more emotional moment. The Prophet, peace be upon him,
4:18 gave everything from Hunayn to the Quraysh leaders and new Muslims, and gave nothing to the Ansar. The Ansar were hurt. The Prophet, peace be upon
4:24 him, gathered them privately and spoke to them, and they wept until their beards were completely soaked with tears. This is mentioned in Sahih
4:31 Bukhari, Hadith 4330. And today, this category covers new converts who need financial support after accepting Islam, and those who are close to Islam and
4:40 need encouragement. The slaves and captives. In Islam, the fifth person eligible to receive zakat is the slave or captive. And this category exists
4:48 specifically so that zakat money can be used to purchase people's freedom. And the most powerful story connected to this category is the story of Bilal ibn
4:56 Rabah. Bilal was an enslaved man who accepted Islam in the very early days in Mecca. When his master, Umayya ibn Khalaf, discovered this, he began
5:04 torturing him in the desert heat, dragging him across burning sand and placing heavy boulders on his chest in the blazing sun, and demanding that he
5:10 abandon Islam. And the only words that came out of Bilal's mouth were Ahad, Ahad, one, one. Abu Bakr came and purchased his freedom, and then Allah
5:18 revealed Surah Al-Layl, verses 18 to 20, specifically in praise of what Abu Bakr had done. Then there is the story of Salman al-Farisi, a Persian man enslaved
5:27 and in bondage. The Prophet, peace be upon him, called upon the entire community to help free him, and then personally planted 300 date trees with
5:35 his own blessed hands to help pay Salman's price of freedom. And today, because formal slavery no longer exists in its old form, scholars have extended
5:44 this category to cover human trafficking victims. The ILO estimates that 50 million people are living in modern slavery right now across the world. The
5:52 people in debt. In Islam, the sixth person eligible to receive zakat is the person who is crushed under debt they cannot repay. And the seriousness of
6:01 debt in Islam is something most people do not fully understand. The Prophet, peace be upon him, once refused to lead the funeral prayer for a person who had
6:08 died. And the reason was that this person had left behind an unpaid debt. He stood back until a companion stepped forward and guaranteed that debt
6:16 personally. And only then did the Prophet, peace be upon him, lead the prayer. That is recorded in Sahih Bukhari, Hadith 2289. Then there is a
6:24 narration in Tirmidhi, Hadith 1078, that makes the weight of debt even clearer. The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "The soul of a believer is detained at
6:31 the gates after death, held back by his debt until someone pays it on his behalf." Because of this seriousness, Allah made people in debt eligible for
6:39 zakat. And there are two types. Those who borrowed for essential needs like food and shelter, and those who took on debt to make peace between two disputing
6:47 communities. The second type also qualifies for zakat even if they are personally wealthy, because their debt was for a noble cause. And today, this
6:55 includes medical debt, failed halal businesses, and student loans taken for beneficial education. The fighters for Allah. In Islam, the seventh person
7:03 eligible to receive zakat is the one who fights in the path of Allah. And this is the most debated category in all of zakat scholarship, and scholars are
7:11 still debating it today. The classical majority, including Abu Hanifa, Imam Malik, and Imam Shafi, said this category means only volunteer fighters
7:19 in jihad who receive no government salary. These fighters can receive zakat even if they are wealthy, and that is confirmed in Sunan Abu Dawud, Hadith
7:27 1635. A moderate position from Imam Ahmad added Hajj pilgrims to this category, supported by a narration where the Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
7:36 "Hajj is from the path of Allah." Then contemporary scholars like Al-Qaradawi said the category extends further to dawah organizations, Islamic education,
7:44 and Islamic media, arguing that today the greatest threats to Islam are not only military, but intellectual and ideological. But the classical scholars
7:52 pushed back with a very simple and powerful argument. If fi sabilillah means every single good cause, then why did Allah bother listing the other seven
8:00 categories? The fact that Allah listed them separately means fi sabilillah must refer to something specific. And today, this debate directly affects whether
8:08 Islamic organizations, schools, and channels can receive zakat money. The stranded traveler. In Islam, the eighth and final person eligible to receive
8:17 zakat is the stranded traveler. And this category carries one of the most important rules in all of zakat jurisprudence. A wealthy man who is
8:24 stranded far from home and has no access to his money, he qualifies for zakat, not because he is poor, but because he is cut off and cannot help himself in
8:33 that moment. The Arabic name for this person is ibn al-sabil, which literally means son of the road, because when a traveler is stranded with nothing, the
8:41 road becomes the only thing he belongs to. And the first Muslims who left everything in Mecca and walked to Medina with nothing, they were the living
8:48 example of this category. They arrived stranded with no money, no home, and no support. And the Ansar of Medina opened their doors to them. The rule for this
8:56 category is simple. Only enough zakat to reach the destination should be given, not more. And the journey must must be for a permissible purpose.