The ruling on giving a father’s son from zakah to pay off his debt

Question:
May Allah reward you. He says: I have a son who is thirty-eight years old, and he has a debt that he cannot pay off because his monthly salary is not sufficient for him. So, should I give him from my zakah? Knowing that he has many brothers, and most of his debts are due to traffic violations, and he does not renew his license, and any work, and most. He says, and most of his debts are due to traffic violations, and he does not renew his license,

Answer:
If this is the result of negligence on his part, if these fines are the result of negligence on his part, transgression and indifference, then do not help him to continue in this matter. But if this is not due to negligence on his part and not due to transgression on his part, but rather it is a decree that befell him, and he is poor or he has a debt to someone and cannot settle it, then the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and a group of scholars have permitted that his father may give him from the zakah what settles his debt, what he gives him is something he takes possession of, not something that merely settles his debt. Yes.