۞ إِنَّمَا
ٱلصَّدَقَٰتُ
لِلۡفُقَرَآءِ
وَٱلۡمَسَٰكِينِ
وَٱلۡعَٰمِلِينَ
عَلَيۡهَا
وَٱلۡمُؤَلَّفَةِ
قُلُوبُهُمۡ
وَفِي
ٱلرِّقَابِ
وَٱلۡغَٰرِمِينَ
وَفِي
سَبِيلِ
ٱللَّهِ
وَٱبۡنِ
ٱلسَّبِيلِۖ
فَرِيضَةٗ
مِّنَ
ٱللَّهِۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
عَلِيمٌ
حَكِيمٞ
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The alms are only for the poor and the needy, and those who collect them, and those whose hearts are to be reconciled, and to free the captives and the debtors, and for the cause of Allah, and (for) the wayfarer; a duty imposed by Allah. Allah is Knower, Wise.
— M. Pickthall
Zakāh expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed for it1 and for bringing hearts together [for Islām] and for freeing captives [or slaves] and for those in debt and for the cause of Allāh and for the [stranded] traveler - an obligation [imposed] by Allāh. And Allāh is Knowing and Wise.
— Saheeh International
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 Allah; and for the wayfarer: (thus is it) ordained by Allah, and Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Expenditures of Zakah (Alms)
After Allah mentioned the protest that the ignorant hypocrites mentioned to the Prophet about the distribution of alms. He stated that it is He who divided the alms, explained its rulings and decided in its division; He did not delegate this decision to anyone else. Allah
…Expenditures of Zakah (Alms)
After Allah mentioned the protest that the ignorant hypocrites mentioned to the Prophet about the distribution of alms. He
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