Fariq Naik – Can Muslims give Charity to Non Muslims

			The next question,
		

			Lamin Jame from
		

			Gambia but living in Italy. He says, my
		

			question is, is it allowed to give charity
		

			to non muslims?
		

			I am in Europe, and I see a
		

			non muslim family struggling
		

			to make both ends meet.
		

			Will I be rewarded if I help them?
		

			So the brother's basic question
		

			is, is it permitted to give charity to
		

			non Muslims? Allah
		

			says in Surah Mumtahina chapter number 60 verse
		

			number 8,
		

			that Allah
		

			does not prohibit you
		

			from dealing with kindness and justice
		

			with those people who have not fought you
		

			nor have driven you out of your lands.
		

			Now the Mufasilin, the commentators, they say that
		

			one type of dealing with kindness and justice
		

			with the non muslims
		

			is by giving them charity.
		

			It is permissible for you to give charity
		

			to the non Muslims if you see a
		

			family struggling,
		

			so then you can give
		

			these non Muslims or this family
		

			charity that is salakat
		

			and Abdulla Qaf Muhammad peace be upon him
		

			said that he is not a Muslim who
		

			sleeps with his full stomach while his neighbor
		

			is hungry.
		

			And the neighbor includes the Muslims as well
		

			as non Muslims.
		

			So you can very well give them sadaqa,
		

			that is charity.
		

			In fact, one category of Zakah,
		

			as Allah
		

			mentions the categories of Zakah in Suratoba
		

			9 verse
		

			60, one category is malaftqulubuhum.
		

			Those whose hearts are inclined towards Islam. So
		

			if you see a non Muslim, his heart
		

			is inclined towards Islam, he wants to accept
		

			Islam,
		

			even he can be given Zakah.
		

			Normally Zakah cannot be given to non Muslims,
		

			but one category of Zakah
		

			can be given to those people, those non
		

			Muslims whose hearts are inclined towards Islam.
		

			So sadaqa charity, normal charity can be given
		

			to any non muslim,
		

			whereas
		

			zakah can only be given to muslims.
		

			One category of Zakah can be given to
		

			those people whose hearts are inclined towards Islam.