Paying Zakah to Family in Installments
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Q: I have a cousin who passed away, leaving behind eleven people, the youngest of whom is approximately four years old. Some of them are adults but unemployed. They have no inheritance other than a commercial shop and agricultural land with little water in its wells, which is of no use to them. Their only source of income is the commercial shop, which is rented out.
for less than one thousand riyals per month, and they have no other source of livelihood. The question is: Is it permissible for me to give them my Zakah, which does not exceed five thousand riyals annually, on the condition that I pay it to them monthly over the course of a full year, and if it exceeds that amount, to help them with their expenses, which they are in dire need of? This is despite the fact that I used to spend my Zakah on people whose living conditions are better than theirs, some of whom are on social security and some of whom have a pension that does not exceed one thousand five hundred riyals. May Allah preserve you.
A: If the family mentioned is poor, in that their income is insufficient, then it is permissible for you to pay them from your Zakah the amount that suffices them. You should not pay it to them in installments if you are paying it after it has become obligatory upon you. However, if you are paying it to them before it becomes obligatory, there is no harm in paying it to them in installments.
for less than one thousand riyals per month, and they have no other source of livelihood. The question is: Is it permissible for me to give them my Zakah, which does not exceed five thousand riyals annually, on the condition that I pay it to them monthly over the course of a full year, and if it exceeds that amount, to help them with their expenses, which they are in dire need of? This is despite the fact that I used to spend my Zakah on people whose living conditions are better than theirs, some of whom are on social security and some of whom have a pension that does not exceed one thousand five hundred riyals. May Allah preserve you.
A: If the family mentioned is poor, in that their income is insufficient, then it is permissible for you to pay them from your Zakah the amount that suffices them. You should not pay it to them in installments if you are paying it after it has become obligatory upon you. However, if you are paying it to them before it becomes obligatory, there is no harm in paying it to them in installments.
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