A person entrusted me with distributing his zakah. Is it permissible for me to take some of it for myself and my parents, since we are poor?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person gives me his zakah to distribute it to the poor, and I am a poor person. He says: A person gives me his zakah to distribute it to the poor, and I am a poor person. Is it permissible for me to take some of it, or to give it to my wife, my parents, or my children?
Answer:
You are the agent, and the agent does not take for himself, nor for his son, nor for his wife, nor for his parents. He does not take anything from it except with the permission of its owner. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person gives me his zakah to distribute it to the poor, and I am a poor person. He says: A person gives me his zakah to distribute it to the poor, and I am a poor person. Is it permissible for me to take some of it, or to give it to my wife, my parents, or my children?
Answer:
You are the agent, and the agent does not take for himself, nor for his son, nor for his wife, nor for his parents. He does not take anything from it except with the permission of its owner. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3486- 4717] وكلني شخص بتوزيع زكاة ماله فهل يجوز لي أن آخذ منها لي ولوالدي لأننا فقراء؟ — youtube.com
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