Giving from zakah to a needy brother who is getting married
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this sister is a teacher and sent this question. She says: I am well-off, as is my husband, and I have a brother who is an employee. He wants to marry a young man who is twenty-five years old. Should I give him from my zakah money? I am his sister.
Answer:
Yes, if he wants to get married and he needs to marry and does not have what is needed to complete the costs of marriage, there is no harm in helping him from the zakah, because marriage is among the necessities. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this sister is a teacher and sent this question. She says: I am well-off, as is my husband, and I have a brother who is an employee. He wants to marry a young man who is twenty-five years old. Should I give him from my zakah money? I am his sister.
Answer:
Yes, if he wants to get married and he needs to marry and does not have what is needed to complete the costs of marriage, there is no harm in helping him from the zakah, because marriage is among the necessities. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (059) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-07-22] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (41:55)
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