¿A quién se debe pagar? Acordaron que debe pagarse a los pobres, por el dicho del Profeta ﷺ: "Haced que no les falte nada este día". Discreparon sobre si es permitido dárselo a los pobres de la Ahl al-Dhimma. La mayoría sostiene que no está permitido para ellos, mientras que Abu Hanifa dijo que sí lo está.

To whom is it to be paid? They agreed that it is to paid to the poor, because of the saying of the Prophet (God’s peace and blessings be upon him), “Make them free from want on this day”. They disagreed whether it is permissible for the poor of the Ahl al-Dhimma. The majority maintain that it is not permitted for them, while Abu Hanlfa said 'that it is permissible.

La razón de su desacuerdo es si la base para tener derecho a ello es solo la pobreza, o la pobreza junto con ser musulmán. Quienes sostenían que era la pobreza junto con ser musulmán no lo permitían para los dhimmíes, mientras que quienes sostenían que era solo la pobreza lo permitían para ellos. Sin embargo, un grupo estipuló para los Ahl al-Dhimma que debían ser monjes. Los juristas musulmanes coincidieron por unanimidad, no obstante, en que el zakat sobre la riqueza no está permitido para los Ahl al-Dhimma, por el dicho del Profeta ﷺ: "Es una sadaqa tomada de sus ricos y entregada a sus pobres".

The reason for their disagreement is whether the basis for its entitlement is poverty alone, or it is poverty as well as being a Muslim. Those who maintained that it is poverty as well as being Muslim did not permit it for the dhimmiyun, while those who maintained that it is poverty alone permitted it for them. One group, however, stipulated for the Ahl al-Dhimma that they be monks.The Muslim jurists agreed unanimously, however, that the zakat on wealth is not permitted for the Ahl al-Dhimma, because of the saying of the Prophet (God’s peace and blessings be upon him): “It is a sadaqa acquired from their rich and bestowed on their poor”.