LessonsWho May Receive Zakat: Eligible and Ineligible RecipientsQuiz

ويجوز دفعها إلى من يملك أقل من ذلك وإن كان صحيحا مكتسبا
Translation: Zakat may be given to someone who owns less than the nisab, even if healthy and earning.

Physical fitness and ability to work do not, by themselves, remove eligibility under this statement. The person’s actual financial position remains central.

An employed but needy person may qualify; the ordinary other conditions also remain applicable.

Opening interactive controls...

Below nisab and able to work

Who May Receive Zakat: Eligible and Ineligible Recipients

ويجوز دفعها إلى من يملك أقل من ذلك وإن كان صحيحا مكتسبا
Translation: Zakat may be given to someone who owns less than the nisab, even if healthy and earning.

Physical fitness and ability to work do not, by themselves, remove eligibility under this statement. The person’s actual financial position remains central.

An employed but needy person may qualify; the ordinary other conditions also remain applicable.