LessonsWho May Receive Zakat: Eligible and Ineligible RecipientsQuiz

والغارم: من لزمه دين
Translation: The gharim is someone upon whom a debt has become binding.

The category concerns enforceable debt. Liabilities may leave a debtor in genuine need, but the passage gives the short definition rather than every condition of eligibility.

Do not infer that every borrower, regardless of wealth, automatically qualifies.

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Gharim: the debtor

Who May Receive Zakat: Eligible and Ineligible Recipients

والغارم: من لزمه دين
Translation: The gharim is someone upon whom a debt has become binding.

The category concerns enforceable debt. Liabilities may leave a debtor in genuine need, but the passage gives the short definition rather than every condition of eligibility.

Do not infer that every borrower, regardless of wealth, automatically qualifies.