For rulings, so it is necessary that we affirm their rulings, just as if each existed individually. If he gave him [the share] due to his orphanhood and then his poverty ceased, he is not given anything for his poverty.

1083 - Issue: He said: (And four-fifths of the Fay' are for all Muslims; their rich and their poor are equal in it, except for slaves).

We do not know of any disagreement among the people of knowledge today that slaves have no right to the Fay'. The apparent meaning of the words of Ahmad and al-Khiraqi is that the rest of the people have a right to the Fay', both the rich and the poor among them. Ahmad mentioned the Fay' and said: In it is a right for all Muslims, and it is shared between the rich and the poor. Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: There is no one among the Muslims who does not have a portion in this wealth, except for slaves, for they have nothing in it. Umar recited: {Whatever Allah has returned to His Messenger from the people of the towns} until he reached: {And those who came after them} (1). Then he said: This has encompassed the Muslims generally. If I live, the shepherd at the height of Himyar will surely receive his portion of it, without his forehead sweating for it (2) (3). And because it is wealth subject to a fifth (al-khums), it is not restricted to those who have benefit in it, just like the four-fifths of the spoils of war. The Qadi mentioned that the people of the Fay' are the people of Jihad from those stationed in the frontier regions, the army of the Muslims, and those who attend to their interests; because that was for the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, during his lifetime, for the attainment of support and interest through it. When he died, it became for the army (4) and those whom the Muslims need, so it became for them to the exclusion of others. As for the Bedouins and their like, who do not prepare themselves for Jihad, they have no right to it. Those who go on campaigns when they are active are given from the share of 'the path of Allah' from the Sadaqah. He said: The meaning of Ahmad's words is that it is shared between the rich and the poor, meaning the richness that contains the interests of the Muslims, such as the Mujahidin, the judges, and the jurists. It is possible that the meaning of his words is that all Muslims have the benefit of that wealth because it is spent on those whose benefit returns to (6) all