Purchasing housing for a poor person from zakah
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to buy a house for a person using zakah? For example, if a person wants to buy a house for four hundred thousand, is it permissible to pay the entire amount of zakah to this person to buy a house, or not?
Answer:
If he has no housing, needs housing, and is poor, then it is prescribed for him from the zakah, even if it is the full value. This is because housing is among the necessities for the poor. So it is prescribed, and housing is purchased for him, either part of the value or the full value. This is from the categories of zakah expenditure, because housing is among the necessities for the poor. Yes.
The questioner asks: Is it permissible to buy a house for a person using zakah? For example, if a person wants to buy a house for four hundred thousand, is it permissible to pay the entire amount of zakah to this person to buy a house, or not?
Answer:
If he has no housing, needs housing, and is poor, then it is prescribed for him from the zakah, even if it is the full value. This is because housing is among the necessities for the poor. So it is prescribed, and housing is purchased for him, either part of the value or the full value. This is from the categories of zakah expenditure, because housing is among the necessities for the poor. Yes.
Source
مجالس رمضان 1429هـ - 04 — alfawzan.live (26:19)
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