السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ AhsanaAllahu ilaykoum For zakat al mal do we need to ask if he hasn't what suffices him for a year or do we simply accept what people say, for example people in small villages know each other but I don't know if they know the requirements.

Ustadh AbdulAziz al-Haqqan

You are not required to investigate people's wealth. If a person's poverty is apparent, or trustworthy people who know him inform you, then you may give and it suffices, for precisely measuring people's poverty is a hardship.