Paying Zakah to One's Parents
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The questioner:
My first question is that I give a portion of my salary to my mother and my sister only. If I consider this to be charity or zakah from me, is it permissible for my wife to also take from this salary?
The presenter:
Good, and the second question.
The questioner:
The second question is: Do I, as an individual, know when I perform acts of zakah, charity, dhikr, and seeking forgiveness, to what extent my Lord (Glorified and Exalted is He) is pleased with the deeds I am doing?
The presenter:
Now, the third question.
The questioner:
And the second one, Shaykh, is that I was on a trip to India and I was with a guide, a local guide, and we entered a temple. I entered with him, just to look at the temple. There was a type of ritual, and he told me that I had to perform the ritual for that type. I told him, "I don't forget." He said, "You must perform the ritual for that type so that there is no problem in this temple." I was with him, and my intention was that I do not prostrate to anyone except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So I prostrated, frankly, and then I frankly spoke to Allah, sought forgiveness, and counted my repentance to Allah, and I returned to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and repented. But my intention, my intention, was that I do not prostrate except to Allah; it was not that I prostrated just because we entered this temple.
The presenter:
All right, thank you. Hamid says: Shaykh, is it permissible to give my parents, my father or my mother, from my zakah?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible. It is not permissible for a son to give his zakah to his father, nor the reverse. The zakah of a descendant is not permissible for his ancestors. This is because it is obligatory for him to provide for them. He should not make the zakah a substitute for his financial support of them. It does not suffice. Yes.
My first question is that I give a portion of my salary to my mother and my sister only. If I consider this to be charity or zakah from me, is it permissible for my wife to also take from this salary?
The presenter:
Good, and the second question.
The questioner:
The second question is: Do I, as an individual, know when I perform acts of zakah, charity, dhikr, and seeking forgiveness, to what extent my Lord (Glorified and Exalted is He) is pleased with the deeds I am doing?
The presenter:
Now, the third question.
The questioner:
And the second one, Shaykh, is that I was on a trip to India and I was with a guide, a local guide, and we entered a temple. I entered with him, just to look at the temple. There was a type of ritual, and he told me that I had to perform the ritual for that type. I told him, "I don't forget." He said, "You must perform the ritual for that type so that there is no problem in this temple." I was with him, and my intention was that I do not prostrate to anyone except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So I prostrated, frankly, and then I frankly spoke to Allah, sought forgiveness, and counted my repentance to Allah, and I returned to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and repented. But my intention, my intention, was that I do not prostrate except to Allah; it was not that I prostrated just because we entered this temple.
The presenter:
All right, thank you. Hamid says: Shaykh, is it permissible to give my parents, my father or my mother, from my zakah?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible. It is not permissible for a son to give his zakah to his father, nor the reverse. The zakah of a descendant is not permissible for his ancestors. This is because it is obligatory for him to provide for them. He should not make the zakah a substitute for his financial support of them. It does not suffice. Yes.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء الفوزان 25-01-1438هـ — youtube.com (33:13)
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