Paying off the blood money of a debtor from the zakah of relatives
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Question:
The questioner says: A man was involved in an accident that resulted in the death of a person, and he is liable for a blood money (diyah) of fifty thousand riyals. This man is an employee with a moderate financial situation and is unable to pay the amount of the blood money. Is it permissible for his relatives, such as his father, his brothers, and others, to pay it for him from the zakat of their wealth?
Answer:
Yes, if he is an indebted person. The indebted and those in the path of Allah are among the categories eligible for zakat. If a debt or blood money befalls him and he is unable to pay it, it is paid from the zakat. However, the zakat of a father is not permissible for his son, nor the reverse, and the zakat of a son is not permissible for his father. Yes.
The questioner says: A man was involved in an accident that resulted in the death of a person, and he is liable for a blood money (diyah) of fifty thousand riyals. This man is an employee with a moderate financial situation and is unable to pay the amount of the blood money. Is it permissible for his relatives, such as his father, his brothers, and others, to pay it for him from the zakat of their wealth?
Answer:
Yes, if he is an indebted person. The indebted and those in the path of Allah are among the categories eligible for zakat. If a debt or blood money befalls him and he is unable to pay it, it is paid from the zakat. However, the zakat of a father is not permissible for his son, nor the reverse, and the zakat of a son is not permissible for his father. Yes.
Source
مجالس رمضان 1430هـ - 06 — alfawzan.live (27:47)
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