Relatives to whom it is permissible to give zakah
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. He also asks and says to me: My sister is married to a man who has a small income and many children, and I feel that their circumstances are tight, especially financially. Is it permissible to give my zakah to them? And must I inform them that this is from the zakah? Knowing that I cannot tell them that, perhaps they will become very angry, and they will certainly refuse to take that zakah despite their need for it? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
First, giving zakah to your mother is not permissible, because a person’s zakah is not given to his ancestors or his descendants. That means it is not given to his fathers, mothers, grandfathers, or grandmothers, nor to his children or his children’s children. Second, if you give it to the husband, if you give it to your mother’s husband because he is poor, there is no harm.
The presenter:
Her brother’s husband, may Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
Her brother’s husband? Did you not think it was your mother?
The presenter:
No, her sister, may Allah keep her safe.
The Shaykh:
He gives it to, he gives it to the husband, there is no harm. So, he gives it to the husband if he has verified his poverty, for he is the one who provides and is the head of the family. If he refuses it, let him give it to another household, informing them that it is zakah. If they refuse it, let him give it to another household. And if he wants to help his sister or help her husband, and they do not want the zakah, then he helps them with something other than zakah, and he has reward in that, if Allah wills.
The presenter:
So, do you not see, your eminence, any objection to informing him that what is given is zakah?
The Shaykh:
If he dislikes the zakah and does not want it, then he informs him of that so that he does not think it is from the category of voluntary charity or from the category of a gift.
The presenter:
And we use.
The Shaykh:
That it is zakah. If he accepts it, praise be to Allah. If he refuses it, he gives it to someone else, and he can reach him with something other than zakah.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. That person who refuses to take from the zakah while he is in poverty, as described by the author of the message, do you have a word for him, may Allah keep you safe?
The Shaykh:
If he is self-sufficient and wants to be modest regarding the zakah, that is his right. But if he is in dire necessity and in need, then he should not refuse the zakah, because he is in need of it.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. He also asks and says to me: My sister is married to a man who has a small income and many children, and I feel that their circumstances are tight, especially financially. Is it permissible to give my zakah to them? And must I inform them that this is from the zakah? Knowing that I cannot tell them that, perhaps they will become very angry, and they will certainly refuse to take that zakah despite their need for it? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
First, giving zakah to your mother is not permissible, because a person’s zakah is not given to his ancestors or his descendants. That means it is not given to his fathers, mothers, grandfathers, or grandmothers, nor to his children or his children’s children. Second, if you give it to the husband, if you give it to your mother’s husband because he is poor, there is no harm.
The presenter:
Her brother’s husband, may Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
Her brother’s husband? Did you not think it was your mother?
The presenter:
No, her sister, may Allah keep her safe.
The Shaykh:
He gives it to, he gives it to the husband, there is no harm. So, he gives it to the husband if he has verified his poverty, for he is the one who provides and is the head of the family. If he refuses it, let him give it to another household, informing them that it is zakah. If they refuse it, let him give it to another household. And if he wants to help his sister or help her husband, and they do not want the zakah, then he helps them with something other than zakah, and he has reward in that, if Allah wills.
The presenter:
So, do you not see, your eminence, any objection to informing him that what is given is zakah?
The Shaykh:
If he dislikes the zakah and does not want it, then he informs him of that so that he does not think it is from the category of voluntary charity or from the category of a gift.
The presenter:
And we use.
The Shaykh:
That it is zakah. If he accepts it, praise be to Allah. If he refuses it, he gives it to someone else, and he can reach him with something other than zakah.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good. That person who refuses to take from the zakah while he is in poverty, as described by the author of the message, do you have a word for him, may Allah keep you safe?
The Shaykh:
If he is self-sufficient and wants to be modest regarding the zakah, that is his right. But if he is in dire necessity and in need, then he should not refuse the zakah, because he is in need of it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4233- الأقارب الذين يجوز دفع الزكاة إليهم - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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