Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 351
20 AUGUST 1907 351 The Supplication of the Father for his Children The Promised Messiahas said: The supplication of the father for his children is accepted. Zakāt for a Sayyid The question was asked whether an impoverished Sayyid is deserving to receive Zakāt. The Promised Messiahas 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: إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ The fatwa from the Hadith is that Zakāt 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 Zakāt, but if the condition is extreme then it is another matter altogether. 3 1. Save that which you are forced to (Sūrah al-Anʻām, 6:120). [Publisher] 2. In Şahih al-Muslim, Kitābuz-Zakāh, Bāb Tahrimiz-Zakāti 'Alā Rasūlillāhi şallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam wa 'alā 'ālihi wa hum Banū Hāshimin wa Banul- Muttalibi dūna Ghairihim; it is written as: كِخٌ كِ، ازمِ بِهَا، أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّا لَا تَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ [Publisher] 3. Al-Hakam, vol. 11, no. 30, p. 5, dated 24 August 1907