Zakah for the orphans of a widow whose grandfather provides for them

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a widow lives with her father, and she has orphans. Is zakah permissible for them, given that the widow’s father is the one who provides for them?

Answer:
If there is someone who provides for them and is responsible for their maintenance, then zakah is not permissible for them. This is because the one who provides for them has already sufficed their needs. Zakah is only for the one who has no maintenance and no one to provide for him. He has no maintenance that suffices him, and no one takes charge of providing for him. This is the one for whom zakah is permissible. Yes.