Giving zakah to the wife of a poor smoker
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A poor man is afflicted with smoking and spends most of his money on buying this forbidden item. Is it permissible for me to give zakah to his wife so she can spend it on the household and the children?
Answer:
Yes, if his family has a need and he is unable to meet it, then you do not give it to him so that he can use it to help with smoking; do not assist him in that. But you give it to the one who takes care of his children, his wife, if she is trustworthy and reliable. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: A poor man is afflicted with smoking and spends most of his money on buying this forbidden item. Is it permissible for me to give zakah to his wife so she can spend it on the household and the children?
Answer:
Yes, if his family has a need and he is unable to meet it, then you do not give it to him so that he can use it to help with smoking; do not assist him in that. But you give it to the one who takes care of his children, his wife, if she is trustworthy and reliable. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 09-02-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (56:17)
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