Is it permissible for a man to give zakah to his married daughter if she is poor?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is a daughter given from the zakah if she is married and in need?
Answer:
It is not the zakah of her father. The zakah of a father is not permissible for his son, nor the reverse: the zakah of a son for his father. Why? Are they not the most deserving of people? But these people’s maintenance is obligatory upon their father or upon their son. So do not make the zakah a protection for your wealth. I say to him: It is not obligatory for you to spend on your father; it is obligatory for you to spend on your children. So do not make the zakah a protection for what is obligatory upon you. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: Is a daughter given from the zakah if she is married and in need?
Answer:
It is not the zakah of her father. The zakah of a father is not permissible for his son, nor the reverse: the zakah of a son for his father. Why? Are they not the most deserving of people? But these people’s maintenance is obligatory upon their father or upon their son. So do not make the zakah a protection for your wealth. I say to him: It is not obligatory for you to spend on your father; it is obligatory for you to spend on your children. So do not make the zakah a protection for what is obligatory upon you. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 695- هل يجوز للرجل أن يدفع الزكاة لابنته المتزوجة إن كانت فقيرة|الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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