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The Poor
The poor are those in need and cannot afford their basic
needs.
According to the majority of jurists, the poor are those who do not
have any assets and have no means through which they can earn their living.
However, the Hanafi juristic school defined the poor as those who have
money lesser than the amount on which Zakah is payable . The poor are
worse than the needy as regards satisfying their basic needs. However,
some scholars held the opposite view.
Actually, this dispute in categorization has no effect, since both
the poor and the needy are among the categories entitled to receive Zakah.
b. The amount of Zakah given to the poor should be sufficient
for covering their basic needs, including eating, clothing and housing
for one year. The basic needs are to be determined according to the prevalent
customs in the time and place in which Zakah is paid.
c. Among the categories appended to the poor deserving
Zakah, after ascertaining that they have no sustainer, determined either
by legislation or by a juridical verdict, are orphans, foundlings, widows,
divorced women, the aged and decrepit people, the sick, the crippled, those
receiving low incomes, the students, the unemployed and the families of
the jailed, and prisoners of war, as stipulated in the regulations
of Zakah distribution channels of Kuwaiti Zakah House (article 4).
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