Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Simplified Zakat Guidance How to Determine Eligibility of Recipient

Bismillah R Rahman r Rahim. Now the question really relating to

the God as to how much of an inquiry investigation

determination you have to make as to the eligibility of the

individual that you're giving your account to. Obviously, that's an

important aspect, no doubt about it, because you as a God should go

to a poor person, and you should give possession over to them for

your cigar to be fulfilled. Because if it goes to a wealthy

person, and use the card may not be fulfilled. So in here, the

Sharia has given us some leeway you do your best, whatever is

within your means. That doesn't mean that you hire an investigator

necessarily, or that you even have to ask for bank statements and

everything like that, of course, any small amount of doubt,

somebody's asking you for the cards, and they seem a bit shady,

they've asked 567 different people. And this seems to be kind

of a repeat habit. And you're getting worried that they're just

collecting money, then in that case, of course, you can ask for

bank statements, you can ask for more if you still want to give it

but for the normal person that comes along, all we're required to

do is to kind of assess them based on our best understanding, say,

Look, you can ask him a few questions if you want to. You

don't have to just give it because there are, unfortunately, there

are people out there who who do take advantage of this things

wrongly. So you ask a few questions. As long as you've got

content in your heart that yes, this sounds right. You give it to

them, that would be fine. Even if it then turns out later, as long

as you've done your bit of due diligence. Right? You don't have

to act like a benefits caseworker where you basically just grill

them, right? I mean, subhanAllah some people do that you don't have

to do that necessarily.

And then you help them and if even if it then turns out that, you

know, maybe they were not eligible use the card would be valid, as

long as you've done your due diligence, we have that much

leeway in in our Sharia. So we just do our best. We do our best.

Of course, if there's somebody who have dealt on, then rather than do

all the inquiry and everything, you know, you could just say I'm

not going to give it to you or give it to somebody else. Right?

You know, because sometimes a lot of this could be embarrassing as

well. So you have to avoid embarrassment. But at the same

time you know, you don't be just so light about it that you just

give it to anybody who asks, even though you got to doubt because if

you've got a doubt then your worship would not be your wish it

would not be complete if you've got a doubt. So you should not

have any doubt you should have enough conviction yourself that

yes, this sounds legit, and then inshallah it's all fine. Inshallah

Allah will accept it, just like a low hero.