Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 351
20 August 1907 351 The Supplication of the Father for his Children The Promised Messiah as said: The supplication of the father for his children is accepted. Zak a t for a Sayyid The question was asked whether an impoverished Sayyid is deserving to receive Zak a t. The Promised Messiah as replied: In truth, it is forbidden. If there is an extreme situation, and they are starving, then it is permissible in such a straitened sit- uation. Allah the Exalted says: 1 اَّلِا اَم ْمُتْرِرُطْضا ِهْيَلِا اَّلِا اَم ْمُتْرِرُطْضا ِهْيَلِا The fatwa from the Hadith is that Zak a t should not be given to the Sayyid. 2 If a Sayyid receives some other kind of remunera- tion, then what is the need to take Zak a t, but if the condition is extreme then it is another matter altogether. 3 1. Save that which you are forced to ( S u rah al-An‘ a m, 6:120). [Publisher] 2. In S a hih al-Muslim, Kit a buz-Zak a h, B a b Ta h r i miz-Zak a ti ‘Al a Ras u lill a hi s allall a hu ‘alaihi wa sallam wa ‘al a ’ a lih i wa hum Ban u H a shimin wa Banul- Mu tt alibi d u na Ghairihim; it is written as: َ ُل ُ الصَّدَقَة ک ْ ِخْ، ارْم ِ بِهَا، اَمَا عَلِمْت َ اَن َّا اَلَ نَأ ک ْ ِخ ک َ ُل ُ الصَّدَقَة ک ْ ِخْ، ارْم ِ بِهَا، اَمَا عَلِمْت َ اَن َّا اَلَ نَأ ک ْ ِخ ک [Publisher] 3. Al- H akam, vol. 11, no. 30, p. 5, dated 24 August 1907