The Ruling on Giving Zakah to One's Parents
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This is Mashal from al-Kharj. He says: Are the parents, or the two parents, given from the zakah?
The Shaykh:
No, the zakah of the father is not permissible for his son, nor the reverse, and the zakah of the son is not permissible for his father. Yes, the zakah of the son is not permissible for his father, nor the zakah of the father for his son, because it is obligatory for each of them to spend on the other from his own wealth, and not to give him from the zakah. If he is in need, it is obligatory for him to spend on him. Yes.
The questioner:
Are they considered among the ancestors, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Yes, his ancestors are his ancestors. His ancestors are his descendants: the father is an ancestor and the son is a descendant. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This is Mashal from al-Kharj. He says: Are the parents, or the two parents, given from the zakah?
The Shaykh:
No, the zakah of the father is not permissible for his son, nor the reverse, and the zakah of the son is not permissible for his father. Yes, the zakah of the son is not permissible for his father, nor the zakah of the father for his son, because it is obligatory for each of them to spend on the other from his own wealth, and not to give him from the zakah. If he is in need, it is obligatory for him to spend on him. Yes.
The questioner:
Are they considered among the ancestors, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
Yes, his ancestors are his ancestors. His ancestors are his descendants: the father is an ancestor and the son is a descendant. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (197) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1441-02-11] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (18:16)
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