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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on transferring zakah to the zakah-payer's country if there are poor relatives in his country

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Question : What is the stronger position regarding the issue of transferring zakah to people other than the poor of the country, if the man paying the zakah is not from that country and has poor relatives in his own country?

Answer : There is no harm, and is it permissible to consider changing the currency to the currency of his country? There is no harm.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 518- حكم نقل الزكاة إلى بلد المزكي إذا كان يوجد في بلده فقراء من أقاربه - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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