Paying Zakah to the Father’s Wife, the Paternal Aunt, and the Maternal Aunt
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to pay the zakah of one’s wealth? Is it permissible for a man to pay the zakah of his wealth to his father’s wife? He says, knowing that his father has passed away?
The Shaykh:
To his father’s wife, and his father is deceased. Is she poor? If she is poor, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible to pay the zakah to the paternal aunt and the maternal aunt?
The Shaykh:
They are more deserving. The needy relative is more deserving, because the zakah is due upon them, and the charity is due upon them, and they have two rewards: the reward of charity and the reward of maintaining family ties. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible to pay the zakah of one’s wealth? Is it permissible for a man to pay the zakah of his wealth to his father’s wife? He says, knowing that his father has passed away?
The Shaykh:
To his father’s wife, and his father is deceased. Is she poor? If she is poor, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
The questioner:
And he says, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible to pay the zakah to the paternal aunt and the maternal aunt?
The Shaykh:
They are more deserving. The needy relative is more deserving, because the zakah is due upon them, and the charity is due upon them, and they have two rewards: the reward of charity and the reward of maintaining family ties. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-07-1438هـ — af.org.sa (1:02:04)
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