Alikum i belong with syed(sunni) family, i will be very greatfull if you advice me that can i give zakat to our reletives who is also belong from syed family
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alikum i belong with syed(sunni) family, i will be very greatfull if you advice
me that can i give zakat to our reletives who is also belong from syed family
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Zakah to syed banu hashim
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The Prophet (saws) declared: "Indeed, Sadaqah
ought not to be given to the family of Muhammad (saws)."
(Narrated by Muslim)
Abu Hurairah reported that when al-Hasan bin
Ali (r.a.) took one date from the sadaqah dates, the Prophet (saws) said to him: "Nay,
spit it out! Don't you know that we (the family of Prophet Mohamed (saws)) cannot
eat from charity?"
(Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim)
In light of the above authentic narrations, the scholars
of Islam are unanimous that the Messenger of Allah (saws) declared the receipt
of Zakat and Sadaqah haraam for not only his immediate family, but his whole
tribe of Banu Hashim. Thus that
includes the family and offspring of Hadrat Ali ibn Abi Taalib (r.a.), Hadrat Aqil ibn Abi Taalib (r.a.) and his
offspring, Hadrat Jaafar al Tayyar
(r.a.) and his offspring and Hadrat
Abbas (r.a.) and his offspring. The wisdom behind this prohibition of any
member of the tribe of Banu Hashim accepting charity was to forestall any allegation
by the disbelievers and the hypocrites that Prophet Mohamed (saws) and his
extended family sought to gain any worldly profit or gain for themselves
because of Islam!
The literal meaning of the Arabic term ‘Syed’ is a ‘leader’, and is used in colloquial Arabic as a term
for respect like ‘Mr.’ in the English language.
There is no particular sect, tribe or family which is
known as ‘Syeds’. This ‘Syed’ term for
some reason has become synonymous in the Indo-Pak region to mean a descendant
of the Noble Messenger of Allah (saws) and is most probably derived from the
early Arab settlers who came to the Indo-Pak region and were called ‘Syeds’ in
respect by the local population.
The descendants of the Noble Prophet of Allah (saws) are
better known as the Banu-Hashim or the Hashimites.
There are a lot of people in the Indian Subcontinent who
call themselves ‘Syeds’ and connote that they are descendants of the Messenger
of Allah (saws). They may or may not
be the direct descendants of the Prophet (saws) or from the Banu Hashim, and Allah Subhanah Alone knows best.
If they indeed belong to the descendants of Prophet
Mohamed (saws) or the descendants of the tribe of Banu Hashim, they may accept
a gift but the taking of Zakat and Sadaqah would not be permissible for them.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.750 Narrated by Abu Huraira
Whenever a meal was brought to Allah's
Messenger (saws), he would ask whether it was a gift or Sadaqa (something given
in charity). If he (saws) was told that it was Sadaqa, he would tell his
companions to eat it, but if it was a gift, he (saws) would share it with them.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan