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Giving
Zakaah to the People in Chechnya
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Question:
as-Salaam 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullaahe wa Barakaatuhu. It will
not be hidden from your Eminence what is happening to our
brothers in the Muslim countries of the Caucaus, Chechnya
in particular - from the war upon Islaam and the systematic
extermination of Muslims, killing and displacement of the
village-dewellers, the elderly, women and children - and that,
by bombardment and artillery fire upon the towns, schools,
hospitals and cities. Therefore what is the ruling on giving
charities and zakaah
to the Muslims there and helping them with body (physically)
and wealth?
Response:
wa 'Alaykum as-Salaam wa Rahmatullaahe wa Barakaatuhu. Giving
charities and zakaah
to the Muslims in the land of Caucaus specifically to Chechnya
is permissible (jaa.iz), so the zakaah
would be for the mujaahidoon
and the poor, and sadaqah (charity) is wider than that. Truly,
I do ask Allaah (Innee la-As.alullaaha) the Most High, to
alleviate the distress of our brothers in Chechnya and of
the other lands of the Muslims and to repel the deception
of their enemies in their own ranks and to help the Muslims
in all places.
Verily
He has power over all things.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
26 Rajab 1420 / 4 November 1999
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