LessonsWho May Receive Zakat: Eligible and Ineligible RecipientsQuiz

ولا تدفع إلى بني هاشم وهم: آل علي وآل عباس وآل جعفر وآل عقيل وآل حارث بن عبد المطلب ومواليهم
Translation: Zakat is not paid to Banū Hāshim: the households of Ali, Abbas, Jafar, Aqil and al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib, or their mawālī.

The passage expressly enumerates these five lines together with their historical mawālī. The rule must not be shortened to one household alone.

Mawālī here describes a particular historical patronage/manumission relationship.

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Banū Hāshim and their mawālī

Who May Receive Zakat: Eligible and Ineligible Recipients

ولا تدفع إلى بني هاشم وهم: آل علي وآل عباس وآل جعفر وآل عقيل وآل حارث بن عبد المطلب ومواليهم
Translation: Zakat is not paid to Banū Hāshim: the households of Ali, Abbas, Jafar, Aqil and al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib, or their mawālī.

The passage expressly enumerates these five lines together with their historical mawālī. The rule must not be shortened to one household alone.

Mawālī here describes a particular historical patronage/manumission relationship.