Q: 151 – Title: Can we give zakat to any one who is sayyed?

Question

Can we give zakat to any one who is sayyed? I heared from my parent we can not give zakat to any one who is syed by zath.

Answer

Assalamu `alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabrakatuh,

Zakat and Sadaqah is the filth in one’s wealth which is given out to purify ones earning. The honour of Rasulullah salallahu alayhi wasallam and his noble family should not be tainted by the filth of our wealth. For this reason, it is not permissible to give zakat to a sayyid.

If some Sayyid is in need then one should use moneys other than Zakat or Sadaqah. It will be a means of immense reward.

(Fatawa Mahmudiyyah Vol. 9 Pg. 554, Jamia Faruqiyyah)

(A?p ke Masail aur un ka Hal, Vol. 3 Pg. 391)

لَا يَجُوزُ دَفْعُهَا إلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ لِقَوْلِهِ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - «إنَّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَاتِ إنَّمَا أَوْسَاخُ النَّاسِ وَإِنَّهَا لَا تَحِلُّ لِمُحَمَّدٍ وَلَا لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ» رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ وَقَالَ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ - «نَحْنُ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ لَا تَحِلُّ لَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ» رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ (تبيين الحقائق شرح كنز الدقائق وحاشية الشلبي 1/ 303)

And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Mawlana Faisal bin Abdul Hameed
Student, Darul Iftaa
Canada

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.